Obama headed to Midwest to talk jobs

Saturday, August 13, 2011 | 3:26 p.m. CDT; updated 7:16 p.m. CDT, Saturday, August 13, 2011

WASHINGTON — Trading Washington's hot house for states critical to his re-election prospects, President Barack Obama is headed to the Midwest after a summer of discontent over a protracted debt showdown with Republicans and the downgrade in the nation's credit rating.

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