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Obama Visits Toledo

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President Barack Obama visits with Merle Stokes, left, and Nicole Jones at the Jeep Wrangler plant at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex.

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Crowd watches arrival of President Barack Obama at Toledo Express Airport.

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About 75 people wait for the President's arrival.

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Air Force One approaches Toledo Express Airport, while law enforcement, their vehicles, support vans and the limousines await the president.

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Air Force One landing at Toledo Express airport.

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The presidential seal on the side of Air Force One.

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Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, left, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D.,Toledo) and a White House staff person, right, on the tarmac to greet the president as Air Force One lands.

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A presidential Cadillac with the U.S. flag and the presidential flag.

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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH.), left, and President Obama leaving Air Force One.

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President Obama on the tarmac at Toledo Express Airport.

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Toledo mayor Mike Bell greets President Obama at Toledo Express Airport.

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About 75 people document the president's arrival.

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President Obama greets the waiting crowd.

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President Obama greets the waiting crowd.

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President Obama greets the waiting crowd.

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President Obama greets the waiting crowd.

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President Obama meets crowd including Blake Borowski, 10, of Whitehouse, left, at Toledo Express Airport.

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The presidential limousine leaving the airport, as seen under Air Force One.

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President Obama visits Gus Dionyssiou at Rudy's Hot Dogs.

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President Obama visits Gus Dionyssiou at Rudy's Hot Dogs.

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Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, President Barack Obama center, and Gus Dionyssiou at Rudy's Hot Dogs.

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President Obama, right, and Toledo Mayor Mike Bell at Rudy's Hot Dogs.

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President Obama shakes hands with unidentified man at Rudy's Hot Dogs.

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President Obama hugs Jeep worker Jill Opial who introduced him at the Jeep Wrangler plant at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex on Friday.

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A crowd of family and workers of the Chrysler Plant wait for the arrival and speech of President Obama on Friday.

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President Obama speaks during his visit to the Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex.

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President Obama spoke on the hard times suffered by Toledo residents in regards to the recent decline of the auto industry while at Chrysler on Friday.

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President Obama greets the crowd during his visit to the Jeep Wrangler plant at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex on Friday.

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President Obama examines how a Jeep employee works on the assembly line while on his visit to the Jeep Wrangler plant at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex.

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Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur meets with James Fayson, a production operator assembler at the Toledo Assembly complex, during President Obama's visit to the complex.

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CEO Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler Group LLC, shakes hands with Jeep workers after President Obama's visit to the automaker's Toledo assembly complex.

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President Obama signs autographs for Jeep worker John Dandar as he leaves the Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex on Friday.

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President Obama shops for gardening gloves for his wife with the help of Matthew Wamsley, left, at Fred's Pro Hardware in Toledo.

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President Obama poses for a photo while making a stop at Fred's Pro Hardware in Toledo.

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A youngster came up and hugged President Obama during a stop on Stickney Avenue across from Fred's Pro Hardware on Friday.

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Sign on Zinger's Food & Spirits welcoming President Obama to Toledo. Between stops at Rudy's Hot Dogs and Fred's Pro Hardware, Mr. Obama visited Chrysler's Toledo Assembly complex on Friday to praise autoworkers.

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James "James the Jeepster" Fayson was all smiles after seeing President Obama during a stop at Zinger's Food & Spirits on 920 Matzinger Road in Toledo.

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I-75 north traffic is backed up for the presidential motorcade during President Obama's visit to Toledo on Friday. The President visited Chrysler's Toledo Assembly complex.

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Air Force one takes off from Toledo Express Airport after President Obama visited the Jeep Wrangler plant at Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Assembly complex, Friday, June 3, 2011.

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