“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
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“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
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On the recordFebruary 17, 2010
But under the leadership of Erskine and Alan, I'm confident that the Commission I'm establishing today will build a bipartisan consensus to put America on the path toward fiscal reform and responsibility.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

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Press Release - President Obama Establishes Bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

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