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Donohue stresses growth for U.S. economy, and for the Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue said economic growth should be "job one" for federal policymakers this year—while the Chamber itself plans to grow as an organization in 2013. "We will deepen our bench of policy experts, communicators and lawyers to prevail in the battle of policy ideas and reach new audiences," Donohue said in his annual State of American Business address, which he delivered Jan. 10 at the group's downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters. At the news conference that followied, Donohue confirmed that the group expects to hire new employees ("We'll grow our staff some," he said) and use more outside specialists on a contract basis… Read More