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Barack Obama: This deal removes the specter of default, providing important certainty to our economy at a fragile moment.

On the recordJuly 30, 2011
This deal removes the specter of default, providing important certainty to our economy at a fragile moment.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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