Barack Obama: “Budgets are about choices, so today I'm calling on you to choose to…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2012

Budgets are about choices, so today I'm calling on you to choose to invest more in teachers, invest more in education, and invest more in our children and their future.

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Barack Obama

Democratic · Illinois

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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Press Release - President Obama Challenges Governors to Invest in Education

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