President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Surface Transportation Bill during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Friday. The bill maintains jobs on transportation projects and prevents interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students.
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published Friday, July 6th, 2012
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PITTSBURGH — Disappointing job growth jolted the presidential campaign four months before Election Day, and the candidates quickly put their vastly different views on display, underscoring the economy as the central issue between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney.
