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Barack Obama: “I will fix the banks, and I will get credit flowing again, and I will make everything else second and subordinate until…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
I will fix the banks, and I will get credit flowing again, and I will make everything else second and subordinate until that job is honorably done.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama should prioritize fixing the banks to regain public confidence.

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