US President Barack Obama said in his first State of the Union address, the annual presidential speech, that a top priority now is to see more jobs created, insisting that he wants to see a jobs bill from Congress soon. He also made it clear that his liberal agenda remains firmly in place, led by the drive for healthcare reform and climate-change legislation.
Links to other sites: BBC, The Globe & Mail, Canada, New York Times, NPR
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 28 January 2010 at 9:28 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 28 January 2010.
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Tags: climate change, healthcare, jobs, President Barack Obama, State of the Union speech, U.S.
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