Claim: "As we've seen that federal support for states diminish, you've seen the biggest job losses in the public sector -- teachers, police officers, firefighters losing their jobs."
Fact-check: President Barack Obama says public sector job losses increasing as stimulus dwindles
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Angie Drobnic Holan
Date published: 2011-07-12T00:00:00