Nov 3rd, 2009 - Washington Post
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NEW YORK -- With the nation's unemployment rate at its highest point in 26 years and projected to rise, the Obama administration is intensifying its search for policies that can stoke job creation without adding significantly to the nation's crippling budget deficit.
One day after top economic advisers met at the White House with President Obama to discuss strategies for creating jobs, the Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag warned an audience at New York University that the nation's unemployment problem could have a long-term impact that the administration must work to minimize.
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