On the recordSeptember 26, 2013
I am not going to negotiate over this debt ceiling, this is money already spent, there are no negotiations, just raise the debt ceiling so the U.S. can continue to borrow money.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “I am not going to negotiate over this debt ceiling, this is money already spent, there are no negotiations, just raise…”
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President Obama asserts his stance on the debt ceiling, emphasizing that it should be raised without negotiations.
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