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Barack Obama: If you think the first half was wasted, we're getting the second half right.

On the recordJanuary 15, 2009
If you think the first half was wasted, we're getting the second half right.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

John King discusses the need for Obama to convince the public that the upcoming economic measures will be effective.

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