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Carl Levin: “Unemployment in my State is almost 15 percent, and it is unacceptably high in most States.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2010
Unemployment in my State is almost 15 percent, and it is unacceptably high in most States.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin highlights the high unemployment rate despite economic recovery.

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