Obama To Visit Home Improvement Factory In Md.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit a factory in suburban Washington on Friday morning.

The president will tour Thompson Creek Manufacturing, which builds energy efficient replacement windows and doors, as well as siding and gutters at its family owned and operated facility in Landover, Md.

Afterward, Obama will comment on the Labor Department's monthly employment report and announce the latest personnel changes in his economic team. He's expected to name Gene Sperling as his chief economic adviser.

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