On his 38th day in office, President Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar budget blueprint, saying it represents 'hard choices' made and a 'break from a troubled past'.
"Just as a family has to make hard choices about where to spend and where to save, so do we, as a government," he said.
Image: Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are pictured on stage before Obama signed the Middle Class Working Families Task Force executive order in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
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