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Is Small Business a Job Generator?
"Small business" may be crucial to small-town, independent entrepreneurship, but is it really the engine of job growth claimed by President Obama and Mitt Romney?
By Warren Olney • • 51m Listen"Small business" may be crucial to the American ideal of small-town, independent entrepreneurship, but is it really the engine of job growth claimed by the President and Mitt Romney? We hear some contrasting opinions. Also, Secretary of State Clinto takes the blame for Benghazi security failure; and Facebook, YouTube and Twitter may be fragmenting America, but president debates still provide a common experience.
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3 storiesHillary Clinton Takes Blame for Benghazi Security
On the eve of tonight's debate, Hillary Clinton has taken personal responsibility for a calamity Republicans have been making the most of: the deaths of Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and other diplomats. "I'm in charge of the State Department, 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.
Read the story8 minSmall Business and Job Creation
While the President and Mitt Romney are in dispute over whose programs will do the most to help "small business" create new jobs, they agree that it's crucial to creating jobs.
Read the story37 minTV Debates: Moving the Needle in an Age of Fragmentation
Despite $2.5 billion already spent on TV commercials, almost 70 million viewers tuned in to this year's first presidential debate , this year's biggest TV audience except for the Super Bowl. Given the recent hype, tonight's second confrontation might draw even more.
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