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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Nancy Benac / The Bulletin
January 24, 2011
WASHINGTON — Nearly two years ago on a cold February day, President Barack Obama stood for the first time before a joint session of Congress and spoke of a national day of reckoning.
It was time not just to stabilize the shaken economy, he declared, but to reach for lasting prosperity. His goals....