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Barack Obama: I believe that you can't bring down the debt without a strong and growing economy.

On the recordJune 13, 2012
I believe that you can't bring down the debt without a strong and growing economy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland

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