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Vox Pop : Obama comments on US credit downgrade : 08/08/11

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Albany, NY – Despite its credit-rating downgrade, President Barack Obama says the U.S. always is and always has been a triple-A country. He said also the U.S. didn't need a rating agency to tell it that it's political system was having trouble functioning. Speaking at the White House on the Standard & Poor's downgrade, Obama renewed a plea to Congress to take action in September of help create jobs and cushion Americans from a still weak economy. It's the focus of this edition of Vox Pop with WAMC's Alan Chartock