Nov 13, 2007 15:03
The Illinois senator and presidential hopeful met with nine women at L.A. Burdick chocolate company, where several workers praised the company for offering family leave and flexible schedules. Other participants in the round-table meeting said they weren't so lucky, however, including a newly single mother of two teenagers who is working two jobs to make ends meet.
Susan Callaway of Keene, who works at her son's school and is pursuing a career in real estate, described the difficulty she had re-entering the work force after working mostly part-time jobs while she raised her children.
"I feel like I live in a society that doesn't support my values as a mother," she said. "Quite frankly, I'm pretty overwhelmed."
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Earlier, Obama met privately in Nashua with homeless veterans and promoted his plan to establish grant and voucher programs to encourage development of affordable housing targeted for veterans. He also held a town-hall meeting in Lebanon, where the crowd of more than 500 people interrupted his opening remarks with four standing ovations. He prefaced the question-and-answer session by saying, "By the way, these questions have not been prescreened or preselected."
It was a reference to the admission by rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign to planting a question for her at an Iowa event. Clinton has said she knew nothing about the planted question.
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