White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, January 3, 2012

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2012 – 12:50 P.M. EST

MR. CARNEY: Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome back to the White House. Thank you for being here for your daily briefing. I hope everyone in this room got some down time with their family and friends. Everyone needs a break sometime and I hope you took advantage of the break that the President took.

We are back, back in action, ready to go to work for the…