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My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Address Also Been Being Bleeding Created Economy Figure How Just Last More Out Over Problems Some Stop Structural Task Try Two Years

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We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Back Class Come Families Front Gotta Interests Joining Middle Middle Class Mind Republicans Ride Shotgun Sit Sitting Special Special Interests Up Us

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In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

~Barack Obama

Topics: All Americans Am American Best Both Both Parties Code Could Doing Expressed Fact In Fact Individual Interest Job Join Members Parties Prepared Simplify Tax Tax Code Taxes Them Thing Tough Will I Am

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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Actions Answer Anyway Our Powers Resolution Think Violate War I Think

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I said that America's role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Allies America Capabilities End Focus Front Ground Libya Limited Operation Our Partners Put Responsibility Role Said Transfer Troops Unique Would

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So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Act Action Am America Carried Convinced Costs Failure Far Greater Involved Libya Military Minimize Never Price While Will Would I Am

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Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Default Got Jeopardy Moment Nobody Put See Seize Soon States United United States Wants

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We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Additional Casualty Escalation Libya Limited Operation People Protected Risks Scope Seen Single Thousands Thousands Of People Time

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What is a danger is that we stay stuck in a new normal where unemployment rates stay high, people who have jobs see their incomes go up, businesses make big profits. But they're learned to do more with less, and so they don't hire.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Big Businesses Danger Go High Hire Incomes Jobs Learned Less Make More New Normal People Profits Rates See Stay Stuck Unemployment Up Where Who

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You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

~Barack Obama

Topics: Always Control Everything Held Know One Of The Things President Responsible Right Things Think Understand You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: August 4th, 1961

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