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Barack Obama: “I don't want to give up anything that I campaigned on. We need to look at the economy. We need to look at health care.…”

On the recordNovember 9, 2008
I don't want to give up anything that I campaigned on. We need to look at the economy. We need to look at health care. We need to look at, obviously, the war in Iraq at this point. And we need to look at energy policy.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama emphasizes the need to address multiple critical issues as part of his agenda.

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