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Barack Obama: Confronting an economic recovery slowed by persistent joblessness, President Barack Obama won commitments Friday from more than 300 companies to reach out to the nearly 4 million Americans who have been unemployed for half a year or more. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Obama called that "an illusion" because, he said, such workers are often better qualified and better educated than workers who just recently lost their jobs. President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at McGavock High School on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Also pictured is former Vice President Al Gore, behind. AP Photo/Wade Payne "It's a cruel Catch-22," Obama said at a White House event with CEOs, job training groups and advocates for the unemployed. "The longer you're unemployed, the more unemployable you may seem." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.