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Source: ABC news

Obama Calls for US to 'Up Our Game' on Exports

Calling on the United States to "up our game" the President Obama today pledged again to double America's exports over the next five years, as first called for in his State of the Union address.

“We shouldn’t assume our leadership is guaranteed,” Obama said in front of the Export-Import Bank’s conference, “When other markets are growing, and other nations are competing, we need to get even better.  We need to secure our companies a level playing field.  We need to guarantee American workers a fair shake.  In other words, we need to up our game.”

The president addressed the group’s annual conference in Washington, DC to outline initial steps his administration is taking to achieve that goal within what the administration is dubbing the “National Export Initiative.”

Read more [http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/obama-calls-for-us-to-up-our-game-on-exports.html]

 

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