I believe that to be a 100% bald-faced lie.
On their paper with their ink.
It is possible 2 million were created, but 5 million were lost and nothing is helping the winds carrying jobs and capital offshore.
Goolsbee isnt the only one saying more than 2 million private sector jobs added in the last 14 months; State run media regurgitates it with no clarification.
May. 6, 2011
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110506/NEWS/110506010/Obama-want-energy-breakthroughs-Indiana?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com
That means over the last 14 months, Obama said, weve added more than 2 million jobs in the private sector.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1637565.php/Hiring-picks-up-but-US-jobless-rate-up-to-9-per-cent
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney pointed out to reporters that April was the 14th consecutive month of growth in private sector employment, for a total of 2.1 million jobs
15 months would cover all that census hiring, rehiring and re-rehiring last year.