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SCHNECKSVILLE, PA. -- With his popularity slowly eroding as the nation's unemployment rate has risen, President Obama spent Friday reassuring people in Pennsylvania's struggling Lehigh Valley that his administration is focused on stemming the nation's jobs crisis.
By Michael A. Fletcher
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| President Obama has authorized Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to deploy several thousand additional troops, as needed, beyond the 30,000 that Obama on Tuesday said he would send to Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon official.
By Karen DeYoung
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