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Obama slams GOP 'priority' as fiscal cliff hours away
With the "fiscal cliff" so close that its arrival is now measured in hours, President Barack Obama sent a clear message to the country Sunday: Republicans are responsible for the stalemate and must be pressured to do the right thing. "They say that the biggest priority is making sure that we deal with the deficit in a serious way. But the way they're behaving is that their only priority is making sure that tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans are protected. That seems to be their only overriding, unifying theme," Obama told NBC's "Meet the Press" in an interview broadcast Sunday. If nothing is done before Monday ... (full story)