President Barack Obama "failed" when he didn't follow the recommendations of a report issued by a commission he created to study deficit reduction, according to Gov. Chris Christie. Christie discussed the report as part of a high-profile speech he gave Tuesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. A PolitiFact New Jersey investigation found that...
President Barack Obama "failed" when he didn't follow the recommendations of a report issued by a commission he created to study deficit reduction, according to Gov. Chris Christie.
Christie discussed the report as part of a high-profile speech he gave Tuesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
A PolitiFact New Jersey investigation found that while Obama may have been slow to react to the report's findings, the president has outlined deficit reduction measures similar to some of the commission's recommendations.
Read our Mostly False rating on Christie's claim at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it here at NJ.com.
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