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Barack Obama: I don't want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems, nor does it constitute all of what we're…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2009
I don't want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems, nor does it constitute all of what we're going to have to do to turn our economy around. But today does mark the beginning of the end.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama acknowledges that signing the stimulus bill is just the start of addressing the economic crisis.

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