11:30 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: How is everyone today, good? Happy to be here? Awesome. Okay. Just a quick bit of background on the President’s trip to the Alcoa Davenport Works Factory in Bettendorf, Iowa. Today President Obama…
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Remarks by the President on the Critical Role the Manufacturing Sector Plays in the American Economy
Alcoa Davenport Works Bettendorf, Iowa 1:04 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Please, you can cut the music. Thank you, everybody. Have a seat, have a seat. It is great to see all of you. Good to be back in…