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Obama praises Alcoa in Iowa visit

Des Moines Register | June 29, 2011 | 5:51 am Base Metals Aluminum 

President Barack Obama on Tuesday held up Alcoa’s aerospace aluminum plant in the Quad Cities as a bright spot in the U.S. economy. But Obama did not touch on the issues many business leaders wish he would address

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