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Gingrich disputes accuracy of latest jobless numbers (Newt takes it to Obama and his administration)
Fox News ^ | March 9, 2012 | Joy Lin

Posted on 03/10/2012 3:10:23 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

“If we had the same level of participation in the labor force we had the day Obama was sworn in, it would be 10.8 percent,” Gingrich said, disputing the calculation..that unemployment hovered at 8.3 percent for a second straight month.

... in front of an oil rig with a message for the White House: “I just wanted to point out Mr. President that this is how they get natural gas. This is drilling. They don’t get natural gas from algae. They don’t get it from electric batteries, they get it by drilling.”

“I want to invite the president to come down to Mississippi and maybe spend part of Monday with me and we can go to a couple of natural gas drilling rigs and he can see for himself, it actually works,” he told the Gulfport audience. “It’s actually worked historically. It’s actually working right this minute.”

....“I have been told that the Secretary of Defense has suggested that international agreements override the Congress,” Gingrich said, drawing boos from the audience. “If he believes that, he should resign tonight!” The audience cheered.

“Let me be clear, Leon Panetta needs to learn we do not have a United Nations secretary of defense, we have a United States secretary of defense,” he said. On the campaign trail, Gingrich has also called for the resignations for Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

....The remarks came after Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., criticized the White House for bypassing Congress when it decided to participate in the NATO coalition in Libya.

....Panetta replied, "You know, our goal would be to seek international permission. And we would come to the Congress and inform you and determine how best to approach this, whether or not we would want to get permission from the Congress."...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: energy; gingrich2012; jobs; nationalsecurity
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To: raulgomez05
are there six million MORE people in the work force now than when the boy took office???
21 posted on 03/10/2012 7:18:42 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: raulgomez05
oh yeah, check your source, factcheck gets money from the Annenburg Foundation...

hardly an unbiased political mouthpiece

22 posted on 03/10/2012 7:22:59 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

What’s your source?


23 posted on 03/10/2012 1:44:19 PM PST by raulgomez05
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To: raulgomez05
google broke or something??? google factcheck and Annenburg Foundation and you'll get all you want
24 posted on 03/10/2012 2:00:41 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

no. not the source to that. the source to the original claim about the 6 million jobs lost since january, 2009.


25 posted on 03/10/2012 2:18:47 PM PST by raulgomez05
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To: raulgomez05

From the Mitt Romney website on Obama.: “This is a president who lost more jobs during his tenure than any president since Hoover. This is 2 million jobs that he lost as President.” http://www.mittromney.com/news/press/2012/01/mitt-romney-we-created-more-jobs-massachusetts-president-obama-has-entire-country


26 posted on 03/10/2012 2:50:29 PM PST by raulgomez05
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To: raulgomez05
i never made that claim, i ask you if 6million more people are of working age now then when he took office that don't have a job???

now as to your claim there are NOT 6mil more out of work, i call your source as biased... what do you have to say about that???

27 posted on 03/10/2012 3:39:37 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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