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Barack Obama: Well, top priority may not be any of those five. It may be continuing to stabilize the financial system. We don't know…

On the recordOctober 30, 2008
Well, top priority may not be any of those five. It may be continuing to stabilize the financial system. We don't know yet what's going to happen in January. And none of this can be accomplished if we continue to see a potential meltdown in the banking system or the financial system. So that's priority No. 1, making sure that the plumbing works in our capitalist system.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the importance of stabilizing the financial system as a top priority if elected.

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