05/12/2009
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"It was an excellent meeting. And we`re very appreciative that, as his first official meeting in the Oval Office, the president chose to spend so much time with us in a frank and very useful discussion..."
"fiscally responsible number"
"I wouldn't say that we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that in a two-hour meeting. But what we did agreed to do is to follow up and talk further at the staff level and amongst ours..."
"Many in the Senate, myself included, did not support this agreement because it did not provide for anytime/anywhere inspections."