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THE RESET: Obama, GOP Drawing Battle Lines
THE RESET: Obama and Republicans are bracing for fights over debt limit, taxes and nominations
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What we're trying to do is put in place a comprehensive, balanced set of fiscal reforms that put us back on the path of living within our means

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, on the White House's willingness to go off the 'fiscal cliff' if an agreement isn't reached

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The Pentagon has started planning for the automatic cuts that would be triggered as part of the "fiscal cliff." Fifty-five billion would be triggered for 2013.
 
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