On the recordMay 9, 2011
He feels that he was hired to try to do some hard things, and he's going to try to do them.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“He feels that he was hired to try to do some hard things, and he's going to try to do them.”
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney
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