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Barack Obama: The principal is never at risk and it will be at the rate of Treasury bills.

On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
The principal is never at risk and it will be at the rate of Treasury bills.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew

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