Barack Obama actually said...

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.

Context

Press Release: President-Elect Barack Obama Announces Office of Management and Budget Director and Deputy Director

11/24/2008

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