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Barack Obama: job creation is 'our No. 1 focus for 2010.'

On the recordJanuary 26, 2010
job creation is 'our No. 1 focus for 2010.'
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasized prioritizing job creation in his State of the Union address.

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