Joining the president at the podium were three unemployed Americans - a former auto dealership parts manager, a former fitness center employee and a former real estate agent - whose government support has run out or is about to expire.

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He later served as a government employee until he began writing professionally in his 40s.

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She was an intern in the early stages of that period and she became a government employee.

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The next great postal innovation is more likely to come from an entrepreneur rather than a government employee.

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