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to raising the government's borrowing authority and meeting its debt obligations, there's no bargaining.
• "The entire world looks to us to make sure that the world economy is stable. You don't mess with that," Obama said Thursday. "And that's why I will not negotiate on anything when it comes to the full faith and credit of the United States of America."
• Still, House Speaker John Boehner says a debt hike must be linked to budget cuts and other programmatic changes.

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