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Bruised by Stimulus Battle, Obama Changed His Approach to Washington

Apr. 29, 2009
The night before the Senate vote on President Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill, one question echoed through the West Wing:
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic