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Monday, January 21st, 2013

Quotation
We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.
— Excerpt from President Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address.