Saturday, June 2, 2012

Obama says Congress needs to get to work to help create jobs

One day after a dismal jobs report showed the country added a disappointing 69,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent, up from 8.1 percent the previous month, President Barack Obama used his weekly address to tell Congress it was time to get to work in getting Americans back to work. One group of Americans he focused on was veterans. The president said Congress needed to make it easier for companies to hire service members returning from overseas so their skills could be utilized and help the economy grow.

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