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Barack Obama: We’re giving them all the skills they need to figure that out, but then we’re going to turn around and tell them to…

On the recordJanuary 29, 2013
We’re giving them all the skills they need to figure that out, but then we’re going to turn around and tell them to start that business and create those jobs in China or India or Mexico?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on immigration reform at Del Sol High School

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