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Barack Obama: “It's charged with just one job: looking out for the interests of ordinary Americans in the financial system.”

On the recordJune 19, 2009
It's charged with just one job: looking out for the interests of ordinary Americans in the financial system.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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