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'If You Love Me ... Help Me Pass This Bill,' Obama Tells North Carolina Crowd -- VIDEO

By Theresa Poulson

Updated: September 15, 2011 | 7:43 a.m.
September 14, 2011 | 2:26 p.m.

Sept. 9: President Obama speaks on the American Jobs Act at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va., on Friday. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

While speaking in North Carolina on Wednesday, President Obama said, "I love you back" to an audience member who shouted "I love you." He added, "But if you love me you've got to help me pass this bill."

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