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Biden says still optimistic on US debt talks
4 years agoUS President Joe Biden smiles as he wrings up a post-election press conference a day after the US midterm elections, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 9, 2022. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Talks to avoid a US debt default were on a knife edge Saturday as President Joe Biden warned he would not accept "extreme" Republican demands but said he remained optimistic.…