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Obama, Barack - President
Hello, everybody. |
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Looks like there’s a surprise guest here. |
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Obama, Barack - President
Jay tells me that you guys have been missing me. (Laughter.) So I thought I’d come by and just say hello. |
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Obama, Barack - President
Before I take some questions, let me just mention, since Medicare has been a little bit in the news lately, I thought it would be useful to start with... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Today, HHS announced that thanks to the health care law that we passed, nearly 5.4 million seniors with Medicare have saved over $4.1 billion on prescription... |
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Obama, Barack - President
These are big deals for a lot of Americans, and it represents two important ways that the improvements we made as part of the Affordable Care Act has... |
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Obama, Barack - President
So with that, let me start off with Jim Kuhnhenn. |
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Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for being here. You’re no doubt aware of the comments that the Missouri Senate candidate, Republican Todd Akin,... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Well, let me, first of all, say the views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing... |
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Should he drop out of the race? |
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Obama, Barack - President
He was nominated by the Republicans in Missouri. I’ll let them sort that out. Nancy Cordes. |
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Yes, Mr. President, thank you. As you know, your opponent recently accused you of waging a campaign filled with “anger and hate.” And you told... |
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Obama, Barack - President
Well, first of all, I'm not sure all those characterizations that you laid out there were accurate. For example, nobody accused Mr. Romney of being... |
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Well, why not send a message to the top super PAC that's supporting you and say, I think an ad like that is out of bounds? We shouldn’t be suggesting... |
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Obama, Barack - President
So let's take that particular issue, as opposed to -- because you lumped in a whole bunch of other stuff that I think was entirely legitimate. I don't... |
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Mr. President, a couple questions. One, I'm wondering if you could comment on the recent spate of green-on-blue incidents in Afghanistan, what is being... |
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Obama, Barack - President
On Afghanistan, obviously we've been watching with deep concern these so-called green-on-blue attacks, where you have Afghan individuals, some of whom... |
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Mr. President, could you update us on your latest thinking of where you think things are in Syria, and in particular, whether you envision using U.S.... |
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Obama, Barack - President
No. There's a difference between playing by the same sets of rules and doing something illegal. And in no way have we suggested the latter. But the... |
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So you're confident it’s somehow under -- it's safe? |
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Obama, Barack - President
In a situation this volatile, I wouldn’t say that I am absolutely confident. What I’m saying is we’re monitoring that situation very carefully.... |