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Friday, January 27 2012, 06:51 PM EST
Vice President Joe Biden comes to Rochester, New Hampshire to talk about job growth
Vice President Joe Biden's famous smile quickly turned to a rather serious, frank talk with the working middle class about the economic comeback in America.  Biden says "What's clear is that we inherited an economy, all of us in this room, in this space, that was in free fall."  Mr. Biden told workers we've now had 22 months of job growth in the U.S. totaling 3.3 million jobs.

The  Vice President spoke at this plant which is planning to add another 400 jobs thanks to a partnership of two companies and the local community college.  He says "Students here are going to take classes in aeronautics, aircraft design, advanced manufacturing.  So they're going to be ready to step directly into the good jobs when they graduate."

Biden also talked about America's auto industry, which lost 400-thousand jobs, now coming back.  He says "As they come out of bankruptcy, we've now hired back 167-thousand auto workers."  He also introduced the audience to a new word, "insourcing", talking about thousands of jobs in several industries now returning to America.  Biden says "It's one of a thousand little pieces that says "Come home America ... And folks, I think we're coming back."

Biden also says "Everyone on that floor knows the American people are angry.  Biden says the choice will be a clear one come November.  He says the republican presidential hopefuls are promoting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating Wall Street and a return to the Bush administration policies.  He says "The logic of the republican argument about how to maintain a middle class and generate economic growth has been shown to be wrong."
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Today in History

February 22, 2012 08:07 GMT

Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2012. There are 313 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 22, 1732 (New Style date), the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony.

On this date:

In 1784, a U.S. merchant ship, the Empress of China, left New York for the Far East to trade goods with China.

In 1862, Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his election in November 1861.

In 1865, Tennessee adopted a new constitution which included the abolition of slavery.

In 1909, the Great White Fleet, a naval task force sent on a round-the-world voyage by President Theodore Roosevelt, returned after more than a year at sea.

In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first radio broadcast from the White House as he addressed the country over 42 stations.

In 1935, it became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.

In 1940, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) was enthroned at age 4 in Lhasa, Tibet.

In 1959, the inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.

In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later returned.)

In 1973, the United States and China agreed to establish liaison offices.

In 1980, the "Miracle on Ice" took place in Lake Placid, N.Y., as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)

In 1987, pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58; talk-show host David Susskind was found dead in his Manhattan hotel suite; he was 66.

Ten years ago: Police in San Diego arrested David Westerfield in connection with the disappearance of seven-year-old Danielle van Dam. (Westerfield was later sentenced to death for Danielle's murder.) The Angolan army and government announced the killing of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi. Cartoon animator Chuck Jones died in Newport Beach, Calif., at age 89.

Five years ago: Britain's Ministry of Defense announced that Prince Harry, a second lieutenant in the British army, would be deployed to Iraq (officials later reversed the decision because of insurgent threats). The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran had ignored a Security Council ultimatum to freeze uranium enrichment, and instead had expanded its program by setting up hundreds of centrifuges.

One year ago: A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his "last drop of blood" and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime. A magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 184 people. Somali pirates shot to death four Americans taken hostage on their yacht several hundred miles south of Oman. Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago.

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Thought for Today: "It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one." -- President George Washington (1732-1799).