Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy April 13, 2011

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President Obama paints a picture of how the United States of America wound up in so much debt over time, and lays out a plan for the retirement of the country's debt. With the nation coming out of a historic recession, paying down the debt while protecting the economic recovery will be a balancing job.

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Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Please have a seat, everyone.

It is wonderful to be back at GW. I want you to know that one of the reasons that I worked so hard with Democrats and Republicans to keep the government open was so that I could show up here today. I wanted to make sure that all of you had one more excuse to skip class. (Laughter.) You

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Source: Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate