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Barack Obama: Even with these costs on the books, the Budget will cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term.

On the recordMay 6, 2009
Even with these costs on the books, the Budget will cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2010

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