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Obama Counters an Agitated Press Corps With Optimism

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In his year-end news conference, the president deflected reporters stung by the NSA scandal and focused on his hopes for 2014 as ‘a year of action’ for the White House and Congress.

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A tired but resolutely optimistic President Obama took questions Thursday from a press corps determined to hold him accountable for a year that ends with few legislative achievements and the lowest poll ratings of his almost five years in office.

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