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President's Weekly Address - 10/1/11

POSTED: October 01, 2011, 12:00 am

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President Obama uses his weekly address to call on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act; his job creating proposal that he laid out in a nationally televised address two weeks ago.





Source: The White House

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