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Barack Obama: I'm convinced that if we outbuild and outinnovate and outeducate as well as outhustle the rest of the world, the jobs…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2011
I'm convinced that if we outbuild and outinnovate and outeducate as well as outhustle the rest of the world, the jobs and industries of our time will take root here in the United States.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology in Baltimore

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