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On the recordNovember 12, 2007
I don't want to wake up one day many years from now and see that we're still standing by while American jobs get shipped overseas.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama Campaign Press Release - Obama Asks United Auto Workers To Support the Candidate With a Record of Fighting for Them

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