claim: his proposed budget would "cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: mar 25, 2009 ... anyway, the fiscal 2018 budget won't be obama's. even if he runs for a second  term and wins, his last budget would cover fiscal 2017. cutting deficits. obama  repeated his claim that his proposed budget will "cut our deficit in half by the end  of my first term, even under the most pessimistic estimates." but cut ...
evidence_2: oct 21, 2012 ... "and that's why today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end  of my first term in office. this will not be easy. it will require us to make difficult  decisions and face challenges we've long neglected. but i refuse to leave our  children with a debt that they cannot repay -- and that means taking ...
evidence_3: sep 24, 2013 ... and that's why today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end  of my first term in office.” ok, the ... that means obama would meet his pledge  four years and eight months after he took office, or essentially a year later than he  had promised. ... check out our candidate pinocchio tracker.
evidence_4: mar 8, 2012 ... "today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first  term in office," obama said. "now, this will not be easy. it will require us to make  difficult decisions and face challenges we've long neglected. but i refuse to leave  our children with a debt that they cannot repay, and that means ...
evidence_5: may 23, 2017 ... (mike allen, "obama vows to cut huge deficit in half," politico , 2/22/09);  president barack obama reaffirmed his pledge to halve the deficit in 2011.  obama: "and that's what we've done with this year's budget. when i took office, i  pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term. our budget ...