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Barack Obama: The consensus is this: that we have to do whatever it takes to get this economy moving again.

On the recordNovember 15, 2008
The consensus is this: that we have to do whatever it takes to get this economy moving again.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview with Steve Kroft on CBS' '60 Minutes'

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