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President Obama defends his trip to Asia, saying he is overseas to create jobs in America
Ny Daily News ^ | Nov. 13, 2010 | Sean Alfano

Posted on 11/13/2010 11:31:38 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

President Obama is getting defensive about his attempts to play offense for the U.S. economy.

The President, who is winding up a tour of Asia this weekend, told an economic conference in Yokohama, Japan Saturday that his mission is to bring jobs to America.

"For America, this is a job strategy," Obama told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. The President added that he makes "no apologies" for trying to pump up employment in the U.S.

The unemployment rate in the U.S. is currently 9.6%.

In his speech, Obama promoted the idea that economic competition between the U.S. and Asian countries would be a "win-win for all of our nations."

"We are invested in your success because it's connected to our own. We have a stake in your future because our destiny is shared," Obama said.

He claims that every $1 billion dollars in exported goods helps support 5,000 U.S. jobs, The Associated Press reported.

The President is desperate for good economic news.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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To: Free ThinkerNY

“President Obama defends his trip to Asia, saying he is overseas to create jobs in America”

Unfortunately, he tends to kill jobs when he’s in America.


21 posted on 11/13/2010 4:02:08 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: ari-freedom

Note, he says “helps support 5,000 U.S. jobs”, not CREATE U.S. jobs.


22 posted on 11/13/2010 4:35:10 PM PST by IM2MAD (re)
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To: Roklok

It would also have gone a long way toward securing our borders or beefing up our army - you know, the things government is SUPPOSED to do.


23 posted on 11/13/2010 4:43:01 PM PST by WorkerbeeCitizen (They do not wish to govern us, they wish to RULE us!)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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24 posted on 11/13/2010 6:58:54 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Narcissists always defend themselves and never, ever back down from doing so.
25 posted on 11/13/2010 7:28:31 PM PST by proudofthesouth (Libs are pro-life only when it comes to animals. When it comes to humans they are pro-death.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yea, right....bringing us jobs. (sarc) That’s why Harley Davidson is building a motorcycle bike plant in India. The theory being that the U.S. will make the parts and have the parts sent over there.

How long will it take for them to figure out that they can make the parts cheaper than us and then those U.S. jobs will also be gone.


26 posted on 11/13/2010 7:32:58 PM PST by NorwegianViking
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