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THISISAMERICA-AmericaandtheStruggleforJobs FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. DOUG JOHNSON: And Im Dough Johnson. This week on our program, we look at the job situation in the United States. There was...