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Obama Cuts Vacation Short as Fiscal Cliff Deadline Looms

Published December 26, 2012

President Barack Obama and members of Congress are cutting their holiday breaks short, returning to Washington to resume negotiations aimed at avoiding a looming fiscal crisis. With just days to go before the so-called "fiscal cliff," many worry the political one-upmanship is already causing harm to the US economy. Mil Arcega has more.

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