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Barack Obama: “If somebody says they want to come build something here, are they hiring African workers?”

On the recordJune 28, 2013
If somebody says they want to come build something here, are they hiring African workers?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

The President's News Conference With President Jacob Zuma of South Africa in Pretoria

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