TAKEPLACE: OBAMA PARTNERS WITH PRIVATE FIRMS WILLING TO HELP WORKERS DEVELOP NEW SKILLS

Saturday, February 19, 2011

OBAMA PARTNERS WITH PRIVATE FIRMS WILLING TO HELP WORKERS DEVELOP NEW SKILLS

While U.S. House Republicans celebrated passage of a dramatically slimmed down federal budget on Saturday, President Obama called for continued investment in math and science education as well as partnerships with private firms willing to help workers develop new skills.

"If we want to win the global competition for new jobs and industries, we'e got to win the global competition to educate our people," the president said in his weekly address. "We've got to have the best trained, best skilled workforce in the world. That's how we'll ensure that the next Intel, the next Google, or the next Microsoft is created in America, and hires American workers." POLITICSDAILY

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