Barack Obama actually said...

Such knee-jerk disdain for government, this constant rejection of any common endeavor cannot rebuild our levees or our roads or our bridges.

Obama criticizes the lack of bipartisanship and the negative attitude towards government that hinders progress on infrastructure and public services.

02/11/2009

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We are pleased to announce today the broad outlines of a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement among our nine countries.

We currently trade over $200 billion with these countries; that trade is growing significantly.

We are encouraged by the quick steps being taken by Prime Minister Noda and look forward to working closely with him on these initiatives.

Eliminating the barriers to trade between our two countries could provide an historic opportunity to deepen our economic relationship.