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Barack Obama: That's how we will get our deficits under control and move from recovery to prosperity.

On the recordApril 17, 2009
That's how we will get our deficits under control and move from recovery to prosperity.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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