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Barack Obama: “It is critical at this point that the markets and the public have confidence that their work will be unimpeded by…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2008
It is critical at this point that the markets and the public have confidence that their work will be unimpeded by partisan wrangling, and that leaders in both parties work in concert to solve the problem at hand.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement from Obama on Emerging Federal Reserve-Treasury Plan

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