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April 30, 2009

Obama Hosts 100th-Day News Conference
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President Obama marked his 100th day in office Wednesday with a
prime-time news conference from the White House. Obama said the Bush
administration’s use of waterboarding is torture and that he is gravely
concerned about internal unrest in Pakistan. Obama also said he has been
confronted with a series of atypical challenges.

President Obama: “I didn’t anticipate the worst economic crisis since
the Great Depression. And so, you know, the typical president, I think,
has two or three big problems. We’ve got seven or eight big problems.”



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