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President Says Country Needs to Work Together
The biggest challenge is to work together...words from President Obama during his final stop in Alpha on his three day bus tour Wednesday.

The president believes Americans can simultaneously close the deficit and put people to work if they can stabilize systems such as medicare and social security.

He says then people can save enough to pay for additional infrastructure right now.

"We want action, we want everybody to work together and stop drawing lines in the sand, and saying we're so rigid we're not going to do this, we're not going to do that no matter what," the President says. "Think about country, ahead of party, think about the next generation instead of the next election."

President Obama says there's no reason not to act now.

He says Americans have already saved themselves from a depression, but they need to continue to fight.

Obama says despite the country's troubles there isn't a country on earth who still wouldn't trade places with the U.S.

The president summed up his bus tour as the most inspiring experience in his life.

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08 17 11 by Newsroom
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