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FACT: Obama economy has lost manufacturing jobs for two straight months

October 5, 2012 | 9:29 am | Modified: October 5, 2012 at 9:35 am
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Photo - People wait in line for employment interviews at a job fair at City Target in Los Angeles. (AP file photo)
People wait in line for employment interviews at a job fair at City Target in Los Angeles. (AP file photo)

In his latest two-minute television ad, President Obama promises to “create a million new manufacturing jobs” in his next term in office. Problem is, according to the Labor Department, the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has dropped for the last two months under his policies:

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