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Barack Obama: Deficits do matter, which is why the President has laid out a balanced approach to dealing with our long-term deficit…

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
Deficits do matter, which is why the President has laid out a balanced approach to dealing with our long-term deficit challenges.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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