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By George E. Condon Jr.

Updated at 1:45 p.m. on February 15.

President Obama failed to hide his frustrations over attacks on his budget decisions in a press conference on Tuesday, calling for patience as he tries to tackle long-term deficits and appealing to Republicans to join him in an "adult conversation"� to resolve their difference on spending and forestall a crisis on entitlements.

On almost every domestic issue raised by reporters, the president was under assault, complaining at one point that Washington is too "impatient"� and admitting at another point to being...