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US President Barack Obama arrives to speak on the economy at a meeting of his Export Council in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Wahsington, DC, on September 19, 2013. Obama accused his critics September 18, of extorting him over raising the US debt ceiling, as a Republican budget gamble brought the prospect of a government shutdown ever closer. Obama and his Republican foes in Congress are locked into entrenched positions over lifting the $16.7 trillion borrowing cap and a government operating budget. The president is angry that conservatives in the House want to create an "ideological fight" over the debt ceiling by making its extension contingent on a delay in implementation of his cherished health care law, known as Obamacare. If there is no compromise -- an increasingly likely prospect -- government operations will grind to a halt on October 1 and the United States could default on its debts by the middle of next month, a first-ever scenario which could have alarming domestic and international implications. Flanking the President are Ursula Burns(L), Chairwoman and CEO of the Xerox Corporation and Jim McNerney Chairman and CEO of The Boeing Company. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad
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Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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JEWEL SAMAD |
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19 Septembrie 2013 |
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3934 x 2322 (1.08 MB) |
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