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President Obama Makes Statement, Answers Questions

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Updated 2:21 p.m. This live event has concluded. Thank you for joining us.

President Obama held a press conference today focused on the federal government shutdown and the debt ceiling. 

NPR's Live Blog The Two-Way has a full round-up and context for the press conference, which lasted over an hour. 

The live event has now ended, so we've removed the live video we provided here. 

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