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Sources: Obama pressed Bush for auto industry bailout

 

Published 11/11/2008 by emilyes at CNN Political Ticker

Obama and President Bush wave to reporters as they head into the Oval Office on Monday. (CNN) – At their private Oval Office meeting on Monday, President-elect Barack Obama urged President Bush to support billions of dollars in aid for the struggling auto industry during the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress, according to three officials briefed [...] (link)

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