President Obama defends strategy of tackling many issues

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President Barack Obama defended his strategy of tackling multiple challenges instead of focusing solely on fixing the U.S. economy in a return on Wednesday to the political fund-raising that helped elect him.

Obama helped fellow Democrats bring in at least $3 million during two events, his first fund-raisers since taking office more than two months ago.

He used his speeches to defend his proposed $3.55 trillion budget plan as the key to reviving the U.S. economy.

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"I'm not going to kick these problems down the road for another four years, another eight years, to the next president, the next generation," he told cheering supporters. "We're going to tackle 'em now."

Obama defended his approach, saying his budget is inseparable from repairing the economy.

To ignore some problems, he argued, would amount to delaying action, which he said would "duplicate the irresponsibility that led us to this point."