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Special Report

Text and Responses

Garance Franke-Ruta
January 25, 2011

Just so this thoroughly manufactured event loses even more of its unscripted quality, here are:

  • President Obama's advance speech excerpts.
  • Paul Ryan's speech response excerpts.
  • Michele Bachmann's speech response excerpts.

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