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Barack Obama: “There's plenty of blame to go around; and many in Washington and Wall Street deserve it. All of us now have a…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2008
There's plenty of blame to go around; and many in Washington and Wall Street deserve it. All of us now have a responsibility to solve this crisis because it affects the financial well-being of every single American.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama acknowledges shared responsibility for the financial crisis and calls for collective action to address it.

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