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Barack Obama: I want to make sure everybody in Washington is obsessed with is how are we growing the economy.

On the recordJuly 23, 2013
I want to make sure everybody in Washington is obsessed with is how are we growing the economy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Jackie Calmes and Michael D. Shear of the New York Times

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