Barack Obama: “we've got to cut spending that we don't need; we have to eliminate…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2011

we've got to cut spending that we don't need; we have to eliminate programs that may not be working

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Democratic · Illinois

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Interview With Michel Martin of National Public Radio

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