MSNBC News Nation September 20, 2013
Those were tough times. Five years ago plants like this one were closing their doors. And the day i stepped into the oval office the American Auto industry, the heartbeat of American Manufacturing [ applause ] heartbeat of manufacturing, the Auto Industry was fl flatlining. Ford was standing on its own two feet and made smart decisions but allen will tell you, if gm and chrysler had gone down, suppliers would go down and dealers would have gone down and all of that would have had a profound impact on ford. I refuse to let that happen. We worked with labor and management and everybody had to ma...