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… This gentlemen right here in the tie,” the president said at one point. “You look great.”
The last time a sitting president had visited was when Harry Truman made a stop in 1947, Sefchik said. In contrast, President George W. Bush held a news conference in Savannah during the 2004 G-8 summit of industrial countries, but did not meet the public.
The first leg of the tour – focused on Allentown, Pa., an aging Rust Belt community – also included a speech and a town hall meeting, both at Lehigh Carbon Community College.
The president also talked up his efforts to create jobs and improve health care and education.
“I won’t rest until things get better,” he promised.
‘Not … my jobs strategy’
A sophomore in Allentown wanted to know whether he might seek to stimulate the economy by legalizing gambling, drugs and prostitution.