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Obama seeks to put personal touch on cliff talks

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White House press Secretary Jay Carney listens at left as Jason Furman, assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama, trying to put a personal touch on "fiscal cliff" negotiations, visited a northern Virginia family's basement apartment Thursday to press his hard line on tax rate increases for the wealthy.

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