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Barack Obama: “The economy was contracting at 6.5 percent that quarter that I was sworn in, the worst financial crisis since the Great…”

On the recordMay 24, 2010
The economy was contracting at 6.5 percent that quarter that I was sworn in, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Reception for Senator Barbara Boxer in San Francisco

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