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Barack Obama: The need to put teachers back to work in the case of -- which will be the focus of his remarks in Dallas -- the need to…

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
The need to put teachers back to work in the case of -- which will be the focus of his remarks in Dallas -- the need to put construction workers back to work.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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