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Obama backs spending freeze, calls for unity

Updated: 2011-01-26 12:52

(Agencies)

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U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a five-year freeze on some government spending and warned of painful cuts ahead on Tuesday in a centrist speech designed to prove he has fiscal discipline and can work with resurgent Republicans. [Photo/Agencies]

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