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high. so what will the president do? >> does he go big or does he go small? >> i think the president needs to go there and figure out what he can get passed through congress. he needs to build the case for what he wants passed through congress. >> john harwood is cnbc's if chief correspondent. he's also a writer for "the new york times." john, the white house released a statement calling these numbers unacceptably high. >> reporter: this is not what they wanted to hear, of course. they did have a marginal gain in private sector jobs but that was offset by the loss of government jobs ...