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Barack Obama: He has been president for a year now, why is the unemployment rate going up? His foreclosure program doesn't seem to be…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
He has been president for a year now, why is the unemployment rate going up? His foreclosure program doesn't seem to be working for me. Is all of that fair? Maybe not. But when you're the President of the United States, you get the blame.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the challenges and criticisms faced by President Obama after one year in office.

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