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Barack Obama: “The United States has been the world's most successful economy precisely because of a long-standing respect for legal…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2009
The United States has been the world's most successful economy precisely because of a long-standing respect for legal contracts and orderly transparent and open market operations.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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