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The nation's employers add 200,000 jobs in December, dropping the unemployment rate for the fourth straight month.A burst of hiring in December pushed the U.S. unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011.

Senh: If jobless rates continues to improve, then the Republicans can't it against Barack Obama anymore.

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