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Obama Jobs Summit: Leo Gerard On What's Next

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Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers union, analyzes the White House summit on jobs December 3, where he was one of the labor participants. He says in this interview that he was buoyed by the good ideas that were presented at the summit, and praises Obama for using the summit to put a focus on creating jobs. Now, he says, Congress and the administration must act to address the infrastructure, trade, training and manufacturing policy issues that must be tackled to produce jobs in both the short and long term.