And across Nevada, there are dozens of transportation projects and energy projects and construction projects putting people to work doing the work that America needs done.

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On the other side of the border, Iraqi Kurds have embarked on a construction binge to transform their region - with most of the work done by Turkish companies employing tens of thousand of Turkish workers.

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