Photo: #President Barack Obama talks as he has lunch at The Old Market Deli, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Cannon Falls, Minn., during his three-day economic bus tour.
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President Barack Obama talks as he has lunch at The Old Market Deli, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Cannon Falls, Minn., during his three-day economic bus tour. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Obama to address American Legion

Broadcast: Midmorning, 08/30/2011, 10:45 a.m.

President Obama is in Minneapolis this morning to speak to the national convention of the American Legion. He is expected to discuss the problems facing veterans, among them high unemployment.

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