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Obama vows to lead economic revival despite crisis

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama promised a nation shuddering in economic crisis yesterday that he would lead it from a dire "day of reckoning" to a brighter future.

"The time to take charge of our future is here," Obama declared, delivering his first address to a joint session of Congress.

Striking his most optimistic tone in weeks, the president used the speech to outline how...

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