Just a few days before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama stopped in Bedford Heights, Ohio, to visit the Cardinal Fastener factory there.
In his remarks, President-elect Obama pointed out that the company's roots in the country go deep -- its bolts appear in both the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge -- but it now earns half its profits from the manufacture of parts for wind turbines.
"In some ways you can't think of a more iconic company than C....
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