Even as he heralded the first unemployment drop in months, President Barack Obama began putting the finishing touches Friday on a fresh job creation proposal he’s planning to send to Congress next week.
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Skeptical Dems resign themselves to Obama war plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
A deeply skeptical Congress on Wednesday resigned itself to President Barack Obama’s escalation of the Afghanistan war, even as the president’s chief military and diplomatic advisers sought to cool any expectations that the war would end in two years.
Congress, Obama spar over paying for Afghan plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Amid soaring budget deficits, President Barack Obama is running into congressional qualms over how to pay for his troop buildup in Afghanistan. Military strategy aside, the $30 billion cost is causing concern on both sides of the aisle. Still, leaders in Congress predicted Wednesday that Obama would prevail in winning funding for the war escalation.
Obama to vow greenhouse emissions cuts in Denmark (AP via Yahoo! News)
Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month’s Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners.
Obama Hobbled in Fight Against Global Warming (International Herald Tribune)
President Obama’s ambitions are limited by a Congress that is unwilling to move as far or as fast as he would like.