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Michael Bennet: “We have got 14 million people that are unemployed that we have not been able to figure out how to put back to work.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
We have got 14 million people that are unemployed that we have not been able to figure out how to put back to work.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet highlights the high unemployment rate and its impact.

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