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Barack Obama: What we should be doing is talking about what we expect to do in order to lead the country down the long-term path of…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2008
What we should be doing is talking about what we expect to do in order to lead the country down the long-term path of economic growth because families were having trouble even before this Wall Street crisis hit.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama stresses the need for a long-term economic growth plan amidst the crisis.

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