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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said last week that the country is in an "economic war," likening the crisis to the Pearl Harbor attacks.

It's a war all right. President Obama adviser Christina Romer said as much on Sunday.

But there are two sets of battle lines. One is between the American people and a deepening recession. The other is between the Obama administration and the minority in Congress -- each trying to convince the public it has the economic cure.

A wave of top Obama financial advisers blanketed the airwaves Sunday morning to promote the president's budget proposal and defend his response so far to the crisis, following up on the president's repeated attempts over the past few days to build confidence in an economic turnaround.
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