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Obama says will take months to turn around economy

WASHINGTON
Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:51pm EDT
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a forum on healthcare at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday there were signs that the "economic storm" that has made millions jobless was waning, but warned that it would still take the United States many months to recover.

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"It took years for us to get into this mess and it will take more than a few months to turn it around," Obama said at the White House.



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