We will go through our federal budget -- page by page, line by line -- eliminating those programs we don't need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way.
Barack Obama: “We will go through our federal budget -- page by page, line by line -- eliminating those programs we don't need, and…”
On the recordNovember 24, 2008
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Press Release: President-Elect Barack Obama Announces Office of Management and Budget Director and Deputy Director
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