The President has put forward entitlement reforms -- some tough entitlement reforms that achieve savings.

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And he has put forward serious entitlement reform.

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Democrats generally do not like and do not support cuts in entitlement programs, and yet this President put forward difficult reforms in entitlement programs because he believes that you have to have a balanced approach, you have to include entitlement reform in any effort to reduce our deficit and bring down our -- reduce our debt.

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