Barack Obama: “I think it's perfectly legitimate to say that those programs should be…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2009

I think it's perfectly legitimate to say that those programs should be out of this particular recovery package and we can deal with them later.

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Obama discusses the need to remove non-job creating programs from the recovery package.

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Barack Obama: “I think it's perfectly legitimate to say that those programs should be out of this particular recovery package and we…”