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Mike Pence: Unemployment is at 9.8 percent. God forbid it may well go over 10 percent before we get through these difficult times.

On the recordOctober 29, 2009
Unemployment is at 9.8 percent. God forbid it may well go over 10 percent before we get through these difficult times.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Pence highlights the rising unemployment rate and the economic challenges facing the country.

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