Remarks by President Obama at Ottumwa, Iowa Town Hall

by Gary Kopycinski on April 28, 2010

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Ottumwa, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–Arpil 27, 2010 – 4:28 P.M. CDT

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, Ottumwa! (Applause.) Good to see you! Good to see you! Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Everybody have a seat. It is good to be back in Ottumwa. (Applause.) I missed you guys.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: We missed you!

THE PRESIDENT: There are a couple of special folks that I want to make sure that I…