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Barack Obama: “I think that there was a sincere effort on the part of everybody involved to actually commit to work together, to try to…”

On the recordNovember 30, 2010
I think that there was a sincere effort on the part of everybody involved to actually commit to work together, to try to deal with these problems.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama reflects on the bipartisan effort to work together on pressing issues.

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