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Barack Obama: “There's no reason why we shouldn't put Americans back to work all across the country rebuilding America.”

On the recordAugust 16, 2011
There's no reason why we shouldn't put Americans back to work all across the country rebuilding America.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Town Hall Meeting and a Question-and-Answer Session in Atkinson

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