01/10/09: President-Elect Obama's Weekly Address - Turning around unemployment

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Turning around unemployment
Saturday, January 10, 2009 06:00am EST / Posted by Dan McSwain

The high unemployment numbers released this week rattled the country, as anxiety about the deepening recession hit home to more and more American families.

President-elect Obama’s Weekly Address responds with an urgent call for immediate and dramatic action to get our economy working again.

The President-elect’s proposed plan won’t just create jobs—it will also provide help for those who have lost theirs with bi-partisan measures to families and states hit hardest by this recession.

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