Barack Obama: “You were the first person to call it a 'tsunami of foreclosures' that…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009

You were the first person to call it a 'tsunami of foreclosures' that would happen.

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Obama acknowledges Menendez's accurate prediction of the foreclosure crisis.

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Barack Obama: “You were the first person to call it a 'tsunami of foreclosures' that would happen.”