The President’s Agenda Will Build On A
Strong Record Of Accomplishment

We have made tremendous progress as a nation over the past seven years, including:

• The Longest Peacetime Economic Expansion in History, including 20.4 Million New Jobs


• The First Back-To-Back Budget Surpluses in 43 Years


• The Smallest Welfare Rolls in 30 Years


• Lowest Hispanic and African American Unemployment Ever Recorded


• The Largest Expansion of College Opportunity Since the GI Bill


• The Lowest Overall Crime Rate in 25 Years


• Deactivated 5,000 Nuclear Warheads From the Former Soviet Union


• Lowest Child Poverty Rates in 20 Years

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