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Barack Obama: He jumped the gun, partly because we now live in this media culture where something goes up on YouTube or a blog and…

On the recordJuly 21, 2010
He jumped the gun, partly because we now live in this media culture where something goes up on YouTube or a blog and everybody scrambles. And I have told my team and I have told my agencies that we have to make sure that we're focusing on doing the right thing, instead of what looks to be politically necessary at that very moment. We have to take our time and think these issues through.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the hasty decision made by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding Shirley Sherrod's firing.

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