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Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Neda Semnani

Posted July 12, 2011 at 7:52pm

“It doesn’t have to be pleasant for it to be essential.”

— White House press secretary Jay Carney on the tone of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations.

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