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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: And you have been listening to the president here. This is the first formal news conference he has given since last October. Answering all kinds of questions, he began by speaking specifically about the economy here on this Super Tuesday.
Talking economy, talking about how he can perhaps help current and former members of the military if they were wronged by being forclosed upon. And also talking specifically about people with FHA loans, government backed loans, how they can be helped as well. So he began with that, but then it was an open floor, and people within that room got to ask him all kinds of questions.
And if I can, I'd like to bring in Wolf Blitzer and Gloria Borger.
You know, a lot was discussed, but I want to begin with something we've been talking about a lot the past couple of days: specifically, his meeting - the president's meeting with the prime minister - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday.
And I also just significant point out the fact that it is Super Tuesday. Right. So this is the day of Super Tuesday that he's coming out and giving this first news conference. And it's also the day after he meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu. That is significant, strategically speaking, because why?
WOLF BLITZER, HOST, CNN'S "THE SITUATION ROOM": You know, he really went after his Republican challengers on the whole issue of Israel and Iran. He spoke about the casualness that some of these Republican presidential candidates -- I think he's specifically referring to Mitt Romney -- are talking about the possibility of war with Iran right now.
BALDWIN: Right.
BLITZER: He spoke about the pain of a war. He underscored his commitment to Israel. He has Israel's back. But he says there is another opportunity to try to resolve this through diplomacy, through sanctions, through economic pressure. And he says, for these Republicans, it's all bluster. He says, this is not a game. He says, they have a lot of bluster. They have big talks. But when it comes down to the end, they're not proposing anything serious at all. So that was his indirect criticism of these Republican candidates.
BALDWIN: What did you hear?