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Barack Obama: The brinksmanship strategy of shutting down the government and threatening default as a bargaining tactic is one that…

On the recordOctober 10, 2013
The brinksmanship strategy of shutting down the government and threatening default as a bargaining tactic is one that the country cannot afford.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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