Finally, Sperling described some of the administrations manufacturing initiatives.
Last week European officials charged that the administration was manufacturing its claims.
During his visit, he is expected to name Ron Bloom, who heads the president's automotive task force, to a second role in the administration as manufacturing czar.
The administration's "manufacturing czar, the person they chose, has been a poster person for the very depths of their policy that has affected millions of Americans negatively across our country," Mr. Kerry said.
"A handful of sectors including transport, food services and retail are expected to create employment while public administration and manufacturing shed jobs.
The town had a relatively low percentage working in agriculture, public administration, and manufacturing.
This doesn't mean the administration should ignore manufacturing.
Waterford Wedgwood, which employs 8,000 people worldwide, declined to specify where it planned to cut the other 910 jobs, but said it would consider "manufacturing, administration, warehousing, distribution and other operations in high-cost countries".
That, in a nutshell, is the administration's manufacturing strategy.
The administration underscored manufacturing's first-among-equals status when announcing its proposed overhaul of the corporate tax code on Wednesday.
Among the states, Washington had the largest increase in claims of 4,546, which it attributed to greater layoffs in the construction, public administration and manufacturing industries.
