“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordJanuary 26, 2009
Has President Obama explicitly endorsed the Pentagon's plan to send up to 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan?
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Bill Nelson asks about President Obama's endorsement of troop deployment.

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