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Barack Obama: “If we don't act, the opposite will be true: There will be fewer jobs and weaker growth.”

On the recordOctober 7, 2011
If we don't act, the opposite will be true: There will be fewer jobs and weaker growth.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's Weekly Address

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