made here in the us of a. i want them made here. >> it seemed odd to marry an appeal for jobs with a visit to this particular company. >> bret: president obama and north carolina today spotlighting a high-tech industry. cre is the name of the company. l.e.d. company. 5,000 of its jobs workers are in china. in fact, this company, the ceo at a plant in china announcing expansion over there said this. in december. free manage never runs the company as u.s. company. we consider this a global company with local wisdom. republicans are jumping on that. the president talking about creating a new project. all hands on deck strategy to train 10,000 new american engineers every year. bring in the panel. steve hayes, "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard, the hill.