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February 4, 2010
Last Friday, President Obama met with House Republicans in Baltimore.
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January 28, 2010
Karl goes on "The Factor" to discuss the future decision for the KSM trials, the underlying problem of the current Administration's approach to national security, and President Obama's recent efforts to reach out to Republicans.
We can’t afford to let the same phony arguments and bad habits of Washington kill financial reform and leave American consumers and our economy vulnerable to another meltdown.President Barack Obama, "Weekly Address: President Obama Applauds Important Step Forward on Financial Reform," December 12, 2009
There were 20,000 jobs lost in January and unemployment fell to 9.7%. Despite the positive report, there are several factors that add to the uncertainty surrounding these numbers. An increase in temporary hiring, such as the hiring of 9,000 temporary workers for the Census 2010, as well as the Labor Department's annual benchmark revision to the survey, showing 600,000 more jobs lost in 2009 than originally reported, signal that January's job report may not be consistent with the underlying jobs trend. Still, one year after the stimulus was signed in to law, over three million jobs have been lost and over one million people have stopped looking for work. President Obama falls 5.2 million jobs short of number of jobs he said the stimulus would create, thus adding reason for caution as talks begin in Washington for a second stimulus and "jobs" bill.
