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From the Vault: Barack Obama’s first week as president

During his first week in office President Donald Trump has been busy fulfilling many of his campaign promises by signing executive orders to build a wall on the southern border, begin undoing the Affordable Care Act and moving forward on the Keystone XL pipeline. Eight years ago, President Obama was also trying to jump start his agenda.

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