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Carney: 'We're Close' on 'Fiscal Cliff' Efforts

Just two weeks before the 'fiscal cliff' deadline, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are swapping offers of major compromise in hopes of a deal to slash future deficits. (Dec. 18)