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On the recordOctober 17, 2012
I just thought it would be useful to remind everybody that the unemployment rate is at the lowest it's been since I took office.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City

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