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Obama: US must be place that rewards hard work Sep 22nd 2013, 03:03   WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday that until the US becomes a place where anyone who is willing to work hard can earn a way into the middle class "we can't let up and we can't rest." "We can't rest until we offer new ladders of opportunity for anyone willing to climb them," Obama said in a keynote address to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual awards dinner. "Over the last 30 years, upward mobility in this country - the idea that if you work hard, you can get ahead - has slipped out of reach for too many Americans. And that's especially true in communities with large African-American populations." Obama hewed to the theme of the dinner, ... Keep on reading: Obama: US must be place that rewards hard work Media files: obama2.jpg (image/jpeg)

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