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Barack Obama: “They want us to start worrying less about keeping our jobs and more about helping them keep their jobs.”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2010
They want us to start worrying less about keeping our jobs and more about helping them keep their jobs.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Issues Conference and a Question-and-Answer Session

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