PRESS RELEASE from Presidential
Transition Team
November 17, 2008
Joint statement from President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Senator John
McCain:
“At this defining moment in history, we believe that Americans of all
parties want and need their leaders to come together and change the bad
habits of Washington so that we can solve the common and urgent
challenges of our time. It is in this spirit that we had a
productive conversation today about the need to launch a new era of
reform where we take on government waste and bitter partisanship in
Washington in order to restore trust in government, and bring back
prosperity and opportunity for every hardworking American family.
We hope to work together in the days and months ahead on critical
challenges like solving our financial crisis, creating a new energy
economy, and protecting our nation’s security.”
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