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21 News is tracking President Obama's visit to the Valley. Here you will find dialogue, information about appearances, and viewer reaction to the President's visit.

11:35 a.m. Obama, wrapping up, asks for Ohio to stand with him again to help rebuild the nation.

11:34 a.m.  I'm not going to be a perfect President; I'm going to tell you what I think. I'm going to wake up every morning and fight for you." – President Obama

11:32 a.m. "What I learned in 2008 was when ordinary Americans decide what's right, when they commit to working together to bring about a better day, they can't be stopped." – President Obama

11:31 a.m.: "Businesses do well when middle class families can afford to buy their product." – President Obama

11:29 a.m. Obama jokes that he does not have the funds to fix the national debt and neither does Mitt Romney.

11:27 a.m. Obama talks about deficit. "I had a trillion dollar deficit waiting at my door when I took the Oval office."

11:25: a.m. Obama talks about penalty for people who choose not to get health coverage and can afford it, "I won't make any apologies."

11:24 a.m. "If you can afford to buy health insurance and you don't get it and you force us to pay for your bills when you get sick, that ain't right."

11:20 a.m. Obama asks: "Who could use $3,000 dollars a year?"

11:19 a.m. Obama talks about importance of education. "I want to hire new teachers, not lay teachers off." 

11:17 a.m. Obama talks about evolution of local jobs. "America has the most competitive workforce."

11:16 a.m. Obama talking about the connection between education and job building. "We're going to bet on the American industry and now Chrysler is back and GM is number one."

11:15 a.m. Chants of "four more years" continue again.

11:11 a.m. Obama talks about Mitt Romney's policies he says are supporting the wealthy. "I think it's wrong."

11:09 a.m. "Our character hasn't changed even though we have been through some tough economic times." – President Obama

11:08 a.m. Obama talks about adding new jobs, including 500, 000 manufacturing jobs. "That's a step in the right direction."

11:04 a.m. "The reason I ran for President, the reason I ran for state senate, because I felt like that bargain, that dream was slipping away." - President Obama

11:00 a.m. "The idea was, here in America you can make it if you tried." – President Obama

10:57 a.m. Obama thanks Youngstown Mayor, Chuck Sammarone

10:55 a.m. President Barack Obama has stepped onto the podium.

10:52 a.m. Daniel Potkanowicz, a once unemployed mill worker who said he got a second chance at Summer Gardens, is now speaking. "He [Obama] worked with businesses like Summer Gardens to help create jobs right here in Mahoning Valley."

10:46 a.m. Obama buses have arrived at Dobbins Elementary in Poland.

10:38 a.m. Live stream coverage of Obama at Dobbins Elementary begins now. Click on the banner at the top to open the video player.

10:32 a.m. 21 News reporter Danielle Cotterman reports that President Obama is on his way to Poland.

10:24 a.m. Valley Congressman Tim Ryan speaking now. "He [Obama} supports what we are doing here."

10:13 a.m. 21 News reporter Michelle Nicks says President Obama is on his way to Poland. Crowd inside is chanting 'four more years." More people are being allowed in.

9:45 a.m. President Obama is at Summer Garden Foods in Boardman. In Poland, attendees are slowly being let in. Major news networks are at the location as well.

9:37 a.m. Our print partner, The Vindicator, Tweets, "As the Secret Service sweeps Dobbins School again, the waiting crowd is standing in the heat."

9:14 a.m. TRAFFIC ALERT: The Summer Garden Foods tour is expected to start soon. In preparation, police have closed McClurg Road in Boardman, parts of Western Reserve and South Avenue. Dobbins Road will be shut down during Obama's speech as well.

Early Morning: Continuing his "Betting on America" campaign in Ohio, the President had breakfast this morning with three tire workers from the Goodyear facility in Akron.