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President Obama: "Why I wanted to get into public service in the first place"

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
 

President Obama: "Why I wanted to get into public service in the first place"

During the Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa, President Obama gave a few words in his closing remarks on how his bus trip through rural America reminded him of why he wanted to get into public service in the first place:  

Sometimes there are days in Washington that will drive you crazy.  But getting out of Washington and meeting all of you, and seeing how hard you're working, how creative you are, how resourceful you are, how determined you are, that just makes me that much more determined to serve you as best I can as President of the United States. 

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President Barack Obama waves to people along the road in Decorah, Iowa, Aug. 15, 2011, during a three-day bus tour in the Midwest focusing on ways to grow the economy. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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