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Barack Obama: I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat-cat bankers on Wall Street.

On the recordDecember 12, 2009
I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat-cat bankers on Wall Street.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Interview With Steve Kroft on CBS' '60 Minutes'

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