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Your Weekly Address from the President-elect (video)
youtube.com - 11/22/2008
Your Weekly Address from the President-elect (video)
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President-elect Barack Obama announces he has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will save or create 2.5 million more jobs...
my.barackobama.com - 11/24/2008
Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Obama HQ Blogger: Video: President-elect ...
— my.barackobama.com — President-elect Barack Obama delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning, discussing his plans to put people back... to work and get our economy moving again. Obama has directed his economic team to assemble an Economic Recovery Plan that will ... (more) Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Obama ...

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Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Elect
thegreenparent.com - 11/17/2008
Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Elect
— thegreenparent.com — by Bill McKibben Our eight-year interlude from reality draws to a close, and the job of cleaning... up begins. The trouble is, we’re not just cleaning up after a failed US presidency. We’re cleaning up after a two-century binge.  ... (more) Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Elect
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Matthew Yglesias:  Obama Radio/YouTube

www.redstate.com: Latest entries for Front Page:  Obama's 2.5 million jobs are not enough

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Obama Radio/YouTube
Matthew Yglesias — Here’s the latest missive from our allegedly “center-right” president-elect: I have already directed my economic team to come up with an Economic Recovery Plan that will mean 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011 – a plan big enough to meet the challenges we face that I intend to sign soon after taking office. We’ll be working out the details in the weeks ahead, but it will be a two-year, nationwide effort to jumpstart job creation in America and lay the foundation for a strong and growing economy. We’ll put people back to work rebuilding our crumbling ...

Obama's 2.5 million jobs are not enough
www.redstate.com: Latest entries for Front Page — In this week's edition of "Your Weekly Address from the President-elect," Obama announced a goal of "2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011": “I have already directed my economic team to come up with an Economic Recovery Plan that will mean 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011 – a plan big enough to meet the challenges we ...

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