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Obama announces plan to make government 'leaner, smarter and more consumer-friendly'

President Obama, looking to make the federal government "leaner, smarter and more consumer-friendly," asked Congress on Friday for the authority to merge six trade and commerce agencies as part of a broader effort to rebuild the government for a "21st century economy."

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