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Barack Obama: “My preference would be not to hand off anything to the next president.”

On the recordNovember 17, 2009
My preference would be not to hand off anything to the next president.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview With Ed Henry on CNN's 'The Situation Room'

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