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President Obama calls on CNN's Jessica Yellin, the new White House reporter for the network. He congratulates her. "No pressure -- you're going to do great," he says.
Yellin asks about the debt ceiling and the administration's deadlines. Obama says they aren't deadlines, just "markers for us getting into trouble."
Then Obama launches into yet another car metaphor. He says the yellow light is flashing, but it's not red, "yet." (12:33 p.m.)
President Obama talks for a while about how the government has to live up to its obligations and "pay its bills," etc.
"Are we really going to start paying interest to the Chinese, who hold treasuries, and were not going to pay folks their Social Security checks?" he says. "Or were not going to pay veterans their disability checks?"
"August 2nd is a very important date," Obama says. "And there's no reason why we can't get this done now. ... This is not a technical problem any longer. This is a matter of Congress going ahead and biting the bullet amd making some tough decisions."
Obama says cuts in health care, taxes and other things have been "identified." He invokes his kids: "Malia and Sasha finish their homework, generally, ahead of time. Malia's 13, Sasha's 10. It is impressive."
They don't have all-nighters, Obama says. "You know, Congress can do the same thing," he says.
Then he comes down hard on Congress, saying he's "very amused" when critics say Obama should "show more leadership."
"Let me tell you something," he says. "Right after we finished dealing with the government shutdown ... I called the leaders here together. I said we've got to get this done. I put Vice President Biden in charge of a progress. ... These guys have met, worked through all the issues. ... I met with every single caucus for an hour to an hour and a half each. ... I've met with the leaders multiple times. At a certain point, they need to do their job. You know, and so this thing, which is just not on the level ... they need to do their job. ... That's why they're called leaders."
MORE! -- "They're in one week, they're out another week, then they're saying, 'Obama's gotta step in.' You need to be here. I've been here. He then cites a list of things he's taken care of -- Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan, the Greek crisis. "Let's get it done," he says.
He adds, "I think you know my feelings about that." (12:41 p.m.)
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I thought this exchange was pretty interesting and funny for some reason.
Yellin asks about the debt ceiling and the administration's deadlines. Obama says they aren't deadlines, just "markers for us getting into trouble."
Then Obama launches into yet another car metaphor. He says the yellow light is flashing, but it's not red, "yet." (12:33 p.m.)
President Obama talks for a while about how the government has to live up to its obligations and "pay its bills," etc.
"Are we really going to start paying interest to the Chinese, who hold treasuries, and were not going to pay folks their Social Security checks?" he says. "Or were not going to pay veterans their disability checks?"
"August 2nd is a very important date," Obama says. "And there's no reason why we can't get this done now. ... This is not a technical problem any longer. This is a matter of Congress going ahead and biting the bullet amd making some tough decisions."
Obama says cuts in health care, taxes and other things have been "identified." He invokes his kids: "Malia and Sasha finish their homework, generally, ahead of time. Malia's 13, Sasha's 10. It is impressive."
They don't have all-nighters, Obama says. "You know, Congress can do the same thing," he says.
Then he comes down hard on Congress, saying he's "very amused" when critics say Obama should "show more leadership."
"Let me tell you something," he says. "Right after we finished dealing with the government shutdown ... I called the leaders here together. I said we've got to get this done. I put Vice President Biden in charge of a progress. ... These guys have met, worked through all the issues. ... I met with every single caucus for an hour to an hour and a half each. ... I've met with the leaders multiple times. At a certain point, they need to do their job. You know, and so this thing, which is just not on the level ... they need to do their job. ... That's why they're called leaders."
MORE! -- "They're in one week, they're out another week, then they're saying, 'Obama's gotta step in.' You need to be here. I've been here. He then cites a list of things he's taken care of -- Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan, the Greek crisis. "Let's get it done," he says.
He adds, "I think you know my feelings about that." (12:41 p.m.)
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I thought this exchange was pretty interesting and funny for some reason.
