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He walked out of a meeting with Republican congressional leaders on deficit reduction, telling them "enough was enough". It was the fourth such meeting in as many days to end fruitlessly, and the president's mounting frustration had been clear. In a press conference on Monday he ruled out a temporary agreement on raising the US debt limit, insisting "we might as well do it now – pull off the Band-Aid, eat our peas". "They're in one week and they're out one week," he said, making his irritation plain. "You need to be here. I've been here. I've been doing Afghanistan...