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President Obama arrives in Phoenix, will stop in Chandler before speech

Aug 6, 2013, 12:02 PM | Updated: 1:49 pm

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PHOENIX — President Obama will take a private tour of a homebuilding company in Chandler before he makes his way to southeast Phoenix to deliver his speech on housing.

Obama arrived at Sky Harbor Airport around 11:45 a.m. and was greeted by ov. Brewer and and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton when he stepped off Air Force One.

The president will visit Erickson Construction, which employs almost 600.

By 1 o’clock, the president is expected to be at Desert Vista High School in Ahwatukee to address a gymnasium full of attendees.

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President Obama arrives in Phoenix, will stop in Chandler before speech