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Article: HIGH-TECH WIN LURES PRESIDENT.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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TROY -- The stage was set months ago for President Barack Obama's visit planned for Monday to Hudson Valley Community College when executives from GlobalFoundries first invited the President to the groundbreaking for their $4.2 billion computer chip factory at the Luther Forest Technology Campus.
Although Obama couldn't make the July 24 event, Vice President Joe Biden considered attending, and even had an advance team take a tour of Luther Forest and nearby Malta.
"Ultimately they decided to do something earlier in the month and do it at Shenendehowa High School," GlobalFoundries spokesman Travis Bullard said, referring to Biden's July 9 trip to Saratoga ...