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[ applause ] if you have other ideas about things that we should be looking at, we want to hear them, and thats part of the purpose of this town hall discussion. Im interested in hearing your stories, getting your questions, and this will be a pretty informal affair. Well, as informal as it gets when the president comes and there are a bunch of cameras everywhere. So with that, id just like to start the discussion. And what im going to do is im just going to call on folks, just raise your hand. I would ask you to stand up, introduce yourself. There are people with mikes, and theyll bring the m...

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That they need so that if their parents aren't willing to provide them support and they're functionally independent, that they're still able to go to college and succeed. all right? right here in the obama t-shirt. you know, so if you -- here's a general rule in the presidential town hall. if you want to get called on, wear the president's face on your shirt. >> good afternoon, president obama. my name is ivana smith. i am a graduate student in the college of community and public affairs. i study eastern affairs administration w that being said, as we are all students, we know how vital it is ...

0 nurses. michelle and i have been blessed, we haven't been sick too much, knock on wood. but every interaction we've had at the hospital, doctors are wonderful and we appreciate them, but i know when malia and sasha were being born, we spent 90% of the time with the nurses and 10% with the ob/gyn. when my grandmother got sick and was passing away at the end, it was nurses who were caring for them and incredibly compassionate but also a professional way. and you're absolutely right, that one of the keys to reducing our health care costs overall is recognizing the incredible value of advanced p...