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David Obey: “Let me say that thank God there were some jobs added in the last few months of the Bush presidency, that made up for the…”

On the recordJune 28, 2005
Let me say that thank God there were some jobs added in the last few months of the Bush presidency, that made up for the 3\1/2\ million jobs that were lost from the first 3 years of his presidency.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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