Barack Obama: “I think the notion that somehow the Commerce Secretary is not going to…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2009

I think the notion that somehow the Commerce Secretary is not going to be central to everything we do is fundamentally mistaken.

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Obama defends the importance of the Commerce Secretary role in his administration's plans.

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