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Barack Obama: We took an economy that was about to go into a great depression, and we were able to yank it out.

On the recordApril 3, 2013
We took an economy that was about to go into a great depression, and we were able to yank it out.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser in Atherton

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