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Hakeem Jeffries: “When the Obama administration came into office in 2009 the President and the administration inherited a train wreck of…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
When the Obama administration came into office in 2009 the President and the administration inherited a train wreck of an economy as a result of the Great Depression.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries discusses the economic recovery under the Obama administration.

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