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Brian Montopoli /

CBS News/ February 18, 2009, 7:30 PM

Day 30: Obama Unveils Mortgage Relief Plan

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
On his thirtieth day in office, President Obama unveiled a $75 billion plan to keep up to 9 million Americans from losing their homes to foreclosure.

"In the end, all of us are paying a price for this home mortgage crisis," Mr. Obama said. "And all of us will pay an even steeper price if we allow this crisis to deepen." (Full remarks here.)

Watch Chip Reid's CBS Evening News report on the president's day below.

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