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Jobs Report Buoys Obama On The Campaign Trail

by Scott Horsley, NPR
October 5, 2012

President Obama campaigned in Virginia and Ohio the same day that the U.S. Labor Department reported the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September.

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  • All Things Considered, October 5, 2012
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