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Barack Obama: The cynics were wrong because we took an unemployment rate that was at 10 percent and brought it down to 5.1 percent.

On the recordOctober 9, 2015
The cynics were wrong because we took an unemployment rate that was at 10 percent and brought it down to 5.1 percent.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser in Los Angeles

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