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Transcript: President Barack Obama Interviewed on CBS’ Face the Nation – Bob Schieffer, March 29
(Source: CBS News)
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer: Mr. President, thank you for joining us. This economic crisis has been so severe that it has literally pushed all the other issues off the television, out of the newspapers. But as – when you outlined your program for Afghanistan and the new strategy, it really underlined in the starkest terms that we may not be talking about these serious issues, but there are some very serious things going on out there. So I’d like to start there -
President Obama: Please.
Schieffer: – if I could. This is a hugely ambitious plan. 22,000 more troops. You’re gonna increase spending by 60 percent. You said in your announcement we must defeat al Qaeda.
