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** FILE ** Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, left, and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez speak to the media outside the West Wing of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington, after an event in the East Room of the White House about the long-term unemployed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama signs a memorandum directing the federal government not to discriminate against those long-term unemployed workers in its own hiring practices in the East Room of the White House, as Vice President Joe Biden stands right, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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"We will not cede this important opportunity for American workers and businesses to our competitors," said White House press secretary Jay Carney.
