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Barack Obama: “Today, we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when I took office, business once again added jobs for…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2012
Today, we learned that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when I took office, business once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row, a total of more than 4.6 million jobs. But -- but that's not good enough. We know it's not good enough. We need to create more jobs faster.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama acknowledges the need for more job creation despite recent job growth.

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