The Global Financial Crisis

US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama disembarks from his campaign plane in Reno, Nevada, September 29, 2008.
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A Hazy Horizon
Senator Barack Obama speaks on the phone in Reno Nevada, Sept. 29, 2008. Obama urged the American public to support the Bush administration's $700 billion proposal for rescuing the financial sector.

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