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Barack Obama: “The economy that was shedding jobs over the last 13 months, we've created 2 million jobs in the private sector.”

On the recordApril 26, 2011
The economy that was shedding jobs over the last 13 months, we've created 2 million jobs in the private sector.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser in New York City

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