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A WASHINGTON, DC A Ahis weeks address, President Obama spoke to the American people In t A A from a Honeywell manufacturing facility in Minnesota about his proposal to make it easier for A companies to hire our returning service members for jobs that utilize their skills and help grow A A o ur economy.A his week, the President called on Congress to get to work on his proposals to A A T A grow the economy and create jobs like getting our construction workers back on the job, giving A small business owners a tax break for hiring more workers, giving r esponsible homeowners the A A o pportunity to refinance their mortgages, and ensuring that women have equal pay for equal A work.A A A The audio of the address and video of the address will be available online at A www.whitehouse.govAt 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, June 2, 2012A A A a A A Remarks of President Barack Obama A A Jobs for Americas VeteransA A Golden Valley, MinnesotaA A June 2, 2012A A Today Im at one of Honeywells manufacturing facilities in Golden Valley, Minnesota, where I A just announcedA step that will make it easier for companies to hire returning service members A a A who have the skills our country needs right now.A ts another part of our effort to make sure that A A I A no American who fights for this country abroad has to fight for a job when t hey come A A home.A hats why businesses like Honeywell are answering our challenge to hire 100,000 postA A T A A 9/11 veterans and their spouses by the end of next year.AThats why Ive directed the A A A government to hire over 200,000 veterans so far Aecause our econo my needs their tremendous A b A A t alent, and because millions of Americans are still looking for a job.AA A A A Right now, this country is still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the A Great Depression.AThe economy is growing again, but its not growing fast enough.AOur A A A A A A businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last twenty- seven months, but as A A A we learned in this weeks jobs report, were not creating them fast enough.A nd just like last A A A year at this time, our economy faces some serious headwinds.A as prices are starting to come A A A G A down again, but when they spiked over the last few months, it hit peoples wallets pretty

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