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December 24, 2009

Obama: Disappointment over Climate Talks is Justified
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In an interview on PBS News Hour, President Obama said Wednesday that
disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit
was justified. Obama made the comment one day after Sweden labeled the
accord Obama helped broker a disaster for the environment.

President Obama: “I mean, I think that people are justified in being
disappointed about the outcome in Copenhagen. What I said was
essentially that rather than see a complete collapse in Copenhagen, in
which nothing at all got done and would have been a huge backward step,
at least we kind of held ground, and there wasn’t too much backsliding
from where we were.”



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