President Obama gave these remarks regarding the fiscal cliff on November 9, 2012.
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President Obama gave these remarks regarding the fiscal cliff on November 9, 2012.
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House Speaker John Boehner gave these remarks regarding the fiscal cliff on November 9, 2012.
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released this report, "Economic Effects of Policies Contributing to Fiscal Tightening in 2013", on November 8, 2012.
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President Obama gave this victory speech on November 7, 2012 in Chicago, after winning the presidential election.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave this concession speech on November 7, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney published this op-ed on "My Vision for America" on CNN.com on November 2, 2012. President Barack Obama published his vision here.
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President Barack Obama published this op-ed on "My Vision for America" on CNN.com on November 2, 2012. Republican candidate Romney published his vision here.
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At this press conference with Crotian President Ivo Josipovic on October 31, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commented on the U.S. government's involvement with a new opposition leadership council in Syria.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave these remarks in Roselawn, Ohio on October 25, 2012.
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President Obama gave this interview with the Des Moines Register; it was released on October 24, 2012.
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This joint statement was issued following the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Global Partnership Dialogue on October 24, 2012.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and South Korean Minister of National Defense, Kim Kwan Jin, gave these remarks at a joint press conference in Washington DC on October 24, 2012.
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This joint communiqué Between the U.S. and South Korea was affirmed by delegations led by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim, at the 44th Security Consultative Meeting in Washington DC on October 24, 2012.
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The third and final debate between President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney was held in Boca Raton, Florida on October 22, 2012.
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President Obama published this op-ed on education in Time magazine on October 18, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney published this op-ed on education in Time magazine on October 18, 2012.
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The second debate between President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took place on October 16, 2012 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.This transcript was provided by Politico.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave this October 15, 2012 interview with CNN, regarding intelligence on and investigation of the consulate attack in Benghazi.
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U.S. Treasury Department Under Secretary David Cohen gave these remarks on "Kidnapping for Ransom: The Growing Terrorist Financing Challenge" at Chatham House in London on October 5, 2012.
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The first debate between President Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney was held on October 3, 2012 in Denver,Colorado and was moderated by Jim Lehrer. This transcript was provided by Politico.
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