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U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and U.S. Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, on Tuesday are scheduled to tour the Exeter Job Corps Academy, a residential youth development program that provides disadvantaged youth with education and training.

Solis and Reed are also scheduled to join Exeter Job Corps students in watching President Obama's nationwide "back to school" address to schoolchildren. The remarks will air live on C-SPAN and the White House Web site.

President Obama's planned speech has been controversial in some parts of the country. Some conservative parents have accused the president of trying to indoctrinate their children with socialist ideas and are asking school officials to excuse the children from listening.

Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. The Exeter Job Corps Academy provides about 200 eligible youths (must be at least 16 years of age) with training to develop the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life.

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