U.S. sheds 2 million jobs since Obama took office - Business First of Columbus:

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million when pegged to the starr of the economic slowdown inNovember 2007. The number of unemployed hit 15 million in up from 13 million in Januaryand 6.9 milliohn in November 2007, accordinb to the . There were 6.6 million unemployed Americans whenGeorge W. Bush became president in January 2001. BLS data for June also showxs the number of employedr workers inthe U.S. stands at 140 million, down from 142 millio n in January and 147 million inNovember 2007. U.S. privatd sector jobs totaled 108 a 2.5 million-job drop sinced Obama took office and a 6.5 million declinw since November 2007. Meanwhile, the numberr of government workers continuex to grow under Obama as it didunder Bush.
The numbetr of government workers at all levels standsxat 21.4 million, up 209,000 from January and 2.2 milliojn from January 2001, according to BLS. The June U.S. unemploymenr rate was 9.5 percent, up from 7.6 percent when Obamas became presidentand 4.2 percent when Bush took over the White House.