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Obama launches high-stakes health care summitWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has opened the high-stakes health-care summit he hopes will break the political gridlock stalling a medical system overhaul. His high expectations rested on a virtually unprecedented gathering of key congressional Democrats and Republicans, taking seats at his invitation at a hollow square table with name placards in a brightly lit room of the stately Blair House, the guest quarters for White House visitors.