President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the fiscal cliff at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, in Washington on Wednesday. The president warned Republicans not to create another fight over the nation's debt ceiling, telling business leaders it's "not a game that I will play."
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published Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
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WASHINGTON — Hewing to a hard line, President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Wednesday not to inject the threat of a government default into complex fiscal cliff negotiations aimed at avoiding year-end tax increases and spending cuts that could harm the economy.
