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The National Issues Conference is a two-day fundraising event organized by Obama supporters to showcase women in his administration and campaign team, and draw attention to White House policies aimed at women. Most tickets for the event cost $1,000. Later Friday, Obama attended a smaller fundraiser at the home of Debra Lee, the chairwoman and CEO of the media and entertainment company BET Holdings. About 40 backers, mostly women, paid $40,000 for dinner with the president. Obama told that group that despite achievements under his administration, "we're nowhere near where we need to be yet." He said the slow recovery and the partisanship in Washington had made many across the country cynical, and he predicted the 2012 race would be more difficult that his presidential campaign in 2008. "They see the mess that goes on in Washington and there's a temptation at a certain point to say, bah, a plague on both their houses," he said.
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