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President Obama gave the following statement after a deal was reached with Republicans over the extension of the Bush tax cuts yesterday:

Hello, everybody. Sorry to keep you waiting.

For the past few weeks there’s been a lot of talk around Washington about taxes and there’s been a lot of political positioning between the two parties. But around kitchen tables, Americans are asking just one question: Are we going to allow their taxes to go up on Jan. 1, or will we meet our responsibilities to resolve our differences and do what’s necessary to speed up the recovery and get people back to work?

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