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Barack Obama: “I know there's a question in there somewhere because you're making a whole bunch of assertions, half of which I disagree…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2010
I know there's a question in there somewhere because you're making a whole bunch of assertions, half of which I disagree with.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama responds to Hensarling's assertions about the budget, indicating disagreement with the framing of the question.

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