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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Biden-greeted-by-protesters-at-Schrader-fundraiser/rlHXCBKNvUS9GiCunchjZg.cspx">http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Biden-greeted-by-protesters-at-Schrader-fundraiser/rlHXCBKNvUS9GiCunchjZg.cspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Biden greeted by protesters at Schrader fundraiser<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='z-index:auto'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Reported by: <a href="http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/keepitlocal/story/Araksya-Karapetyan/5c8Nf788JkaeJiuiV04GMA.cspx">Araksya Karapetyan</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Vice President Joe Biden was in Portland Thursday, attending a fundraiser for the re-election campaign of <a href="http://schrader.house.gov/" target="_self">Congressman Kurt Schrader</a>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><br><span style='color:black'>Protesters against trade policies that send local jobs overseas, greeted him.<br></span><br><span style='color:black'>Protesters specifically are against the <a href="http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/korus-fta" target="_self">Korea Free Trade Agreement</a>. This is something they said President Obama was against such trade agreements during his campaign trail, but now it looks like he's changed his mind.</span><br><br><span style='color:black'>In June, Obama said he planned to introduce the Korea Free Trade Agreement for a vote in congress. Protesters said Representative Kurt Schrader actually pushed President Obama to take the next step and move forward with the agreement. According to Thursday’s protesters this trade agreement will cost hundreds of thousands of Oregon jobs, which is bad news considering Oregon's current 10 percent unemployment rate.</span><br><br><span style='color:black'>"Oregon is expected to loose thousands more jobs with this agreement, particularly Oregon's high tech sector," said Arthur Stamoulis, Director for the <a href="http://citizenstrade.org/oregon.php" target="_self">Oregon Fair Trade Campain</a>.<br><br>"Korea has a very developed high tech center, workers are paid far far less than in our silicon forest here," Stamoulis added. "Oregon needs jobs not job killing trade deals."</span><br><br><span style='color:black'>Representative Schrader and President Obama argue that the trade agreement will increase exports into the country. Stamoulis said that may be true, but it would also increase imports far more.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>====<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.kxl.com/AUDIO--VP-Biden-Stumps-for-Oregon-Congressman/7647876">http://www.kxl.com/AUDIO--VP-Biden-Stumps-for-Oregon-Congressman/7647876</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>VP Biden Stumps for Oregon Congressman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeremy Scott Reporting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C62019'><a href="mailto:jeremy.scott@alphabroadcasting.com">jeremy.scott@alphabroadcasting.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C62019'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The Vice President of the United States was in Portland today to help raise money for Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader. Joe Biden visited the Tiffany Center in downtown Portland. KXL's Doug Carter covered the stop:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C62019'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>AUDIO CLIP</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C62019'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C62019'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>====<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><img border=0 width=436 height=324 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:C1B66568-1B23-4239-9EAF-A86BDA11D656"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><img border=0 width=436 height=324 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:32A73A95-87CD-4704-A3F1-B6E1E798E884"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>