The 26 members of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness are pleased that the President embraced several Council recommendations, including programs cutting red tape, improving our nation's infrastructure, helping U.S. universities graduate more engineers and skills training programs for advanced manufacturing and healthcare.

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Mr. Immelt is the chairman and CEO of GE and chairman of the President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council.

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Second, I wanted to let you know that on June 13th, next Monday, the President will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to meet with the Jobs and Competitiveness Council at the corporate and U.S. manufacturing headquarters of Cree, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient LED lighting.

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The recently launched Competitiveness Council, which includes the chairmen of British Aerospace and Glaxo Wellcome, a pharmaceuticals firm, has a remit that is striking both in its vagueness and its ambition.

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Earlier this year, the president appointed Immelt chairman of his new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

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Since its first meeting about a year ago, the Council has put forward a host of recommendations that foster growth, competitiveness, innovation, and job creation, both now and for the future.

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Ohio now ranks 47th out of 50 in economic competitiveness, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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Today, as President Obama meets with his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Administration is announcing the selection of 14 infrastructure projects around the country that will be expedited through permitting and environmental review processes.

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WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the creation of a White House jobs council as a group that will lead to a spur in U.S. competitiveness and job creation.

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