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  <title><![CDATA[President Obama Speaks on the Importance of Foreign Languages]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>At a Town Hall in Atkinson, IL, last week, President Obama&nbsp;<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/17/remarks-president-town-hall-meeting-atkinson-illinois" target="_blank">referred</a>&nbsp;to the importance of learning a foreign language for all Americans, as it makes student more employable and competitive in the global economy:</p><p>“I will tell you, though, just in case there are any French teachers here or foreign language teachers, having a foreign language, that’s important, too.&nbsp;That makes you so much more employable -- (applause) -- because if you go to a company and they’re doing business in France or Belgium or Switzerland or Europe somewhere, and they find out you’ve got that language skill, that’s going to be important as well.&nbsp;And we don’t do that as much as we should; we don’t emphasize that as much as we should here in the United States. (Applause.)”</p>]]></body>
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