Mr. LEE: What I'm just thinking about is really the people who are no longer here, but still the people who are struggling to make it day by day.

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And in terms of my track record on the economy -- well, here's just a simple way of thinking about it: When I came into office, the U.S. economy had contracted by 9 percent -- the largest contraction since the Great Depression.

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