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President Obama made a statement on the nation's finances today.

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President Barack Obama is inaugurated for his second term today and we have a variety of ways for you to join in wherever you are.

In what will could be the final news conference of his first term, President Obama called on Congress to increase the debt ceiling.

Obama used harsh language to describe the tactics Republicans are using to bring about spending cuts, saying that they are "holding a gun to the head of the American people."