Barack Obama: “Now is the moment to rise above that cynicism and show the American…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2011

Now is the moment to rise above that cynicism and show the American people that we can still do big things

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Statement from White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer on Budget Negotiations

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Barack Obama: “Now is the moment to rise above that cynicism and show the American people that we can still do big things”