Dan Friedman, Billy House, and Megan Scully contributed
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President Obama leaves after making a statement on debt crisis at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 31, 2011. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Dan Friedman, Billy House, and Megan Scully contributed
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