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Barack Obama: “I want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything's agreed to. And the parties are still far apart on a…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2011
I want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything's agreed to. And the parties are still far apart on a wide range of issues. But again, I thought that all the leaders here came in a spirit of compromise, in a spirit of wanting to solve problems on behalf of the American people.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses the ongoing debt reduction talks and the need for compromise among Congressional leaders.

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