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Barack Obama: “The decision to invest taxpayer dollars into these companies required all stakeholders to make difficult sacrifices.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2009
The decision to invest taxpayer dollars into these companies required all stakeholders to make difficult sacrifices.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 3170 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act

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