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In this handout provided by the White House, Vice President Joe Biden (R) looks out the window as U.S. President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Speaker John
Boehner in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction
talks
July 31, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama announced that congressional leaders had
reached a tentative agreement to extend the federal debt limit while enacting spending cuts.