On the recordJune 12, 2011
We had averted the worst possibilities of a Great Depression.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “We had averted the worst possibilities of a Great Depression.”
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Remarks During a Meeting With the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in Durham
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