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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 22, 2017 a Facebook post
The Senate bill "hands enormous tax cuts to the rich and to the drug and insurance industries, paid for by cutting health care for everybody else."
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By John Kruzel • June 26, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."  
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By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 at the White House
Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."  
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By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 5, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 a White House press conference
The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."
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By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention
"Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."
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By Linda Qiu • July 28, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
"Illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as they’ve been in decades."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 28, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2016 a press conference
"The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.  
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By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 a Democratic National Committee reception
Illegal "immigration is lower than it’s been in 40 years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 16, 2016 a press conference
"There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address
"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address
"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2016 a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations
"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2015 a joint statement with the president of Turkey.
"The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2015 a press conference
Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2015 remarks following a school shooting in Oregon
"States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths."
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By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2015 an online interview with "The Daily Show"
Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third."
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By Kirby Wilson • July 28, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech
"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."
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July 8, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 25, 2015 a speech about the Affordable Care Act.
"By one leading measure, what business owners pay out in wages and salaries is now finally growing faster than what they spend on health insurance" for the first time in 17 years.
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By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2015 a tweet
"Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
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