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President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget plan Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden, offering a combination of new spending initiatives and tax increases aimed at creating jobs and reducing future budget deficits.In his remarks, Obama called his plan “a fiscally responsible blueprint for middle-class jobs and growth.”He said, “We can grow our economy and shrink our d...

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