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Chambers tells Obama surveillance hurts tech sales

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Chambers tells Obama surveillance hurts tech sales

Cisco Systems' CEO John Chambers has written to U.S. President Barack Obama, asking for his intervention so that U.S. technology sales are not affected by a loss in trust as a result of reports of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.

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