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Barack Obama: focused, as this President has said before, on the things that we can do now, 13 months ahead of the election, to put…

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
focused, as this President has said before, on the things that we can do now, 13 months ahead of the election, to put people back to work and grow the economy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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