US President Barack Obama listens a question during a news conference on health care in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2009. Obama vowed to push affordable healthcare reform through this year and keep it from swelling the US deficit in a fresh bid to convince Americans to back his ambitious plan. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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