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Children take an oath of citizenship during a ceremony at the old school house in Old Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday. Today's children become tomorrow's workers and future retirees. Most Americans end up getting more back in benefits than they pay into the entitlement system, meaning the immigrants being added now could become liabilities later on. (Associated Press)
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Employees work at a Shuanghui International pork processing plant in Henan province. The sale of Smithfield Foods to China's Shuanghui International is under scrutiny in Washington because of national security concerns about a Chinese company owning an important U.S. food producer.
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Job seekers line up to register to attend a job fair in Atlanta on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, said employers should be allowed to calculate full-time employees based on a 40-hour workweek instead of 30 hours under the new health law. "This is not a hypothetical concern," Ms. Collins said. (Associated Press)
