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Barack Obama: “Companies then hire the graduates, who show up on their first day with precisely the skills that you need, and that they…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2010
Companies then hire the graduates, who show up on their first day with precisely the skills that you need, and that they need to succeed.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit

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