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Barack Obama: “Whoever he may be, the next President will inherit an economy that is recovering, but not yet recovered, from the worst…”

On the recordApril 2, 2012
Whoever he may be, the next President will inherit an economy that is recovering, but not yet recovered, from the worst economic calamity since the Great Depression.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Associated Press Luncheon and a Question-and-Answer Session

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