President Barack Obama Holds a News Conference Following Second G-20 Plenary Session

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President Barack Obama Holds a News Conference Following Second G-20 Plenary Session

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING SECOND G-20 PLENARY SESSION

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[*] OBAMA: Good afternoon.

Let me, first of all, thank Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, County Executive Dan Onorato, and the people of Pittsburgh for being just extraordinary hosts.

Last night, during the dinner that I had with world leaders, so many of them commented on the fact that sometime in the past they had been to Pittsburgh -- in some cases, it was 20 or 25 or 30 years ago -- and coming back, they were so impressed with the revitalization of the city. A number of them remarked on the fact that it pointed to lessons that they could take away in revitalizing manufacturing towns in their home countries.

The people here have been just extraordinary, and so I want to thank all of you for the great hospitality.

I will tell you, I'm a little resentful, because I did not get to Pamela's Diner for pancakes, although Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan did get pancakes. And I don't know how he worked that, but he was raving ...

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