The unemployment rate in Clinton County, which contains Wilmington, is 15.8%, the highest in Ohio, itself one of the hardest-hit states.

在全美失业行情最为严重的俄亥俄州(其中之一)，包括威明顿在内的克林顿村，15.8%也成为了州内失业率最高的地区。

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Judy Eschmann, director of Clinton County's Department of Job and Family Services, is getting more and more calls from anxious workers.

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While the district, which includes Bucks County and small portions of Montgomery County and Philadelphia, had historically been considered a Republican stronghold (Bill Clinton could garner only 39 percent of the vote in 1992), the trend had been more Democratic of late, as Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore took 51 percent of the vote in 2000 and John Kerry was a heavy favorite to win the district.

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In his remarks to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Clinton said unless Serb troops were stopped, a bigger offensive could start.

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