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Citizens vote during the midterm elections 07 November, 2006, at a polling station located in an car dealership in Glendale, California, 10 miles (16.6 km) north of Los Angeles,California. Republican control of Congress is in the balance today as voters cast their ballots across the nation. Democrats mining public discontent over President George W. Bush's war in Iraq battled to break the Republican stranglehold in Congress Tuesday, as millions of Americans went to the polls. Democratic leaders predicted they would recapture the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994, but needed to pull off a less likely clean sweep of battleground seats to seize the Senate. AFP PHOTO / Robyn BECK
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President Criticizes Local Companies and Chambers
President Roh visited the Third Local Innovation Fair held in Gwangju City. In his address, the president stressed the importance of change and innovation, saying, “Whenever I visit local chambers of commerce and industry, meet institutional representatives, and talk about reform in industry and education, frankly speaking, I feel frustrated.”
Chairperson of the fair, Sung Gyeong Ryung said, “We will focus on boosting the power of local self-reliance, continue fostering innovative cities, and establishing four ultra-metropolitan economy zones.”
Prior to his visit to Gwanju, Roh criticized the lukewarm economic innovation of local companies and local economic associations. He said, “There are many representatives who cannot access the wave of innovation or do not have a qualification to access it,” adding, “Some say that I have a strong relationship with big conglomerates and wonder why do I have to be innovative.”
The president urged, “Our endeavors to innovate should be systematically propelled together with schools and local communities. I sincerely ask local economic chambers and institutions to try to invest money and time on innovation.” He stressed, “When we visit local job support centers, we see a lot of job seekers, but there are no companies to hire them.”
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