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> [“The Department of Defense is the largest, most complex organization on the planet: three million people, civilian and military, with a budget,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-gates/the-department-of-defense-is-the-largest-most-complex-organization-on/)

[Robert M. Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-gates/)

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> [By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-podhoretz/by-the-time-obama-came-into-office-washington-had-already-agreed-over/)

[John Podhoretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-podhoretz/)

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> [When Obama was inaugurated, he and his team had an insight - though whether the insight was conscious or not I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-podhoretz/when-obama-was-inaugurated-he-and-his-team-had-an-insight-though/)

[John Podhoretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-podhoretz/)

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> [As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-costa/as-a-matter-of-fact-if-you-do-not-take-into-account-as-congressman/)

[Jim Costa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-costa/)

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> [Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/obama-came-in-and-gave-700-billion-to-the-bankers-off-the-top-as/)

[Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/)

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> [Obamacare, without a single Republican vote, cut $700 billion out of Medicare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-gohmert/obamacare-without-a-single-republican-vote-cut-700-billion-out-of/)

[Louie Gohmert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-gohmert/)

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