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Barack Obama: I pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term.

On the recordFebruary 13, 2011
I pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology in Baltimore

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