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Obama: Best Education is Economic Imperative for US Children

   VOA News 09 October 2010
   US President Barack Obama records the weekly address, 08 Oct 2010

Photo: White House/Samantha Appleton

   US President Barack Obama records the weekly address, 08 Oct 2010

   U.S.  President  Barack  Obama  says  giving  U.S.  children  the best
   education possible is an "economic imperative."
   In  his  weekly  address,  President  Obama said nothing could be more
   detrimental  to  American  society in the 21st century than failing to
   give U.S. children a world-class education.
   The  president  said  his  administration has set a goal to graduate a
   higher  proportion  of students from college than any other country in
   the world by 2020.
   Mr.  Obama  announced a new public-private sector partnership to match
   community college graduates with businesses that have job openings. Â
   The  U.S. leader said Republicans want to cut education spending by 20
   percent,  but  Mr.  Obama  said  he is not willing to "shortchange our
   children's education."
   Republicans  devoted  their  weekly address to what the party says are
   the president's broken promises on jobs, the economy and health care.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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