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"Cheers" Star Lobbies For U.S. Jobs

Actor John Ratzenberger tells a Columbus audience the U.S is losing too many manufacturing jobs to foreign countries. Ratzenberger is best known for his role as a know-it-all letter carrier on the hit television show "Cheers." His stop in Ohio was his third in a series of "Keep it Made in America" town hall meetings. Ratzenberger says both Republicans and Democrats deserve blame for the unfairness in current trade schemes. He says he worries the issue isn't getting enough attention from candidates seeking party nominations for president in 2008.

Ratzenberger's town hall meetings are sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing -- a Washington-based nonprofit group whose partners include the United Steelworkers union.