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      <excerpt>Submitted By: Anonymous on 2009-11-22. About the video: SCVTV wrote: Watch this program and others like it in hi-res at SCVTV.comU.S. Rep. Howard &amp;quot;Buck&amp;quot; McKeon on the Obama Administration&amp;#39;s Job-Growth Reporting November 18, 2009 ...</excerpt>
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