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Ambassador Ron Kirk on U.S. trade relations

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Friday, February 10, 2012

President Obama said in his State of the Union that he wanted stricter enforcement of U.S. trade rules. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk discusses the details of what's to come.

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Obama's latest push for mortgage refinancing

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Adriene Hill

Monday, January 30, 2012

In his State of the Union address, President Obama sketched out a plan to help homeowners refinance, something Allan Sloan calls 'Wall Street bailing out Main Street.'

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Reaction to Obama's State of the Union

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Kai Ryssdal

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jai Damian, a 41-year-old working part time, shares her thoughts on the president's State of the Union address and how much time she's willing to give him to get something done.

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A State of the Union 30-year rewind: The speech hasn't changed much

Kai Ryssdal

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

President Obama delivered an election-year State of the Union address last night. Past presidents have touched on many of the themes Obama raised -- some of them, word for word.

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Long-term manufacturing decline hard to reverse

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Josh Brown

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

President Obama announced that he hoped to start bringing manufacturing jobs back to our shores. But we might never again reach the peak of the 1940's.

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Can we bring manufacturing back from overseas?

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Adriene Hill

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

In his State of the Union speech last night, President Obama said he hopes to bring manufacturing jobs back to the country from overseas. But with countries like Apple firmly planted in factories abroad, will that ever happen?

Posted In: Jobs, manufacturing, State of the Union, Barack Obama