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Barack Obama: “The fact of the matter is, is that the plans that we have put in place to grow the economy have worked.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2016
The fact of the matter is, is that the plans that we have put in place to grow the economy have worked.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on the National Economy

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