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                         Obama: 'Give America A Raise'

   by VOA News

   U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. unemployment rate fell last
   month to under six percent for the first time in more than six years.

   The U.S. leader said Saturday in his weekly address that businesses
   have created 10.3 million jobs during the past 55 months, marking the
   longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in
   American history.

   However, President Obama cautioned that even with all the economic
   achievements, most people have not seen an increase in their salaries
   in over a decade.  He said it is time to "give America a raise" and
   "stop punishing some of the hardest-working Americans."

   Mr. Obama said a minimum wage increase to $10 and 10 cents would make
   the economy stronger, providing a way for more Americans "to climb into
   the middle class."

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