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CQ Transcript: President Obama Speaks on Stimulus Plan and Executive Compensation
CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS Feb. 4, 2009 – 1:24 p.m. CQ Transcript: President Obama Speaks on Stimulus Plan and Executive Compensation CQ Transcriptswire SPEAKERS: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER [*] GEITHNER: Mr. President, financial systems are built on trust and ...
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Text - President Obama’s Remarks on Executive Pay
Text - President Obama’s Remarks on Executive Pay
nytimes.com — Following are remarks of President Obama on executive compensation with Secretary of Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, as... provided by the White House. Thank you, Tim, for your hard work on this issue and on our economic recovery. The economic crisis we ... (more) Text - President Obama’s Remarks on Executive Pay
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Obama: "I Reject Those Theories"
Open Left - Front Page — Finally, at his press conference today, President Obama begins to rise above the Church of Broderism that fetishizes bipartisanship for bipartisanship's sake, and instead offer up a little bit of good old fashioned commonsense: ...

Obama: On Second Thought, I Won
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Today Barack Obama announced a cap on salaries for executives of companies that receive bailouts, and he briefly addressed the ongoing debate over the Obama-Reid-Pelosi spending plan. Interestingly, the word ‘bipartisan’ never crossed his lips. Nor did he speak about a desire to bring both parties together on a consensus plan. Instead, he rejected criticism of the current spending bill, and retreated to a position we have seen before: ...

Bob Cesca: Operation Zero Cred
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Nevertheless, the president hasn't faded, which is good considering the Herculean enormity of what's confronting him. President Obama, as we witnessed throughout the campaign, has a narrative build and a cadence in his speech-making that's almost perfectly duplicated in how he leads and how he manages a crisis. And based on his public appearances this week, he's actually gaining strength -- amplifying his voice and fortifying his position. ...

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