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Barack Obama: “The economy has been adding jobs at a pace of more than 2 million per year.”

On the recordOctober 21, 2013
The economy has been adding jobs at a pace of more than 2 million per year.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release - Statement on the Employment Situation in September

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