Barack Obama: “Every $1 billion in exports supports thousands of American jobs.”

On the recordOctober 13, 2011

Every $1 billion in exports supports thousands of American jobs.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Lake Orion

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