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President obama's about to deliver his annual back to school speech to the nation's children from a high school in washington, d.c. we're going to show you pictures of last year's speech in philadelphia. the white house released the text early today to head off criticism the president trying to politicize students. something that happened two years ago and the message to students today, the country is counting on you. joining me now education secretary arne duncan. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. thank you so much for the opportunity. >> i'm curious about the is...

Among these, where might people focus if they have the skills? >> it's knowledge workers and what you have is a multispeed labor recovery. you've got those that have skills, higher education and those that do not. there's many americans that are being left behind. >> let's say you're out of work and we know that the amount of time people are out of work has been very, very long. how do you approach getting back into the workplace? >> networking. it's a contact sport. it's who you know. you have to work your relationships. people you've worked with in the past, friends. people you've gone to sc...

Would, of other disruptions of this economy. world war ii. the river was at the different period of time, but it was a period of time in which women became very active in the workforce. >> it's like it in so far is women went in in huge numbers. they became the bred winners. first of all, the men were out of the country. that was convenient in some respects. the second aspect is women were taking men's jobs. they were in the factories. what we're seeing now is those men's jobs are going away. manufacturing is the sector that shrunk. construction. knowledge workers. you're seeing a real shift i...