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Obama: Economy Showing Signs of Life

In his weekly radio and Web address, President Barack Obama says the economy has slowly started to get back on track. And thanks to recovery efforts, "we're no longer facing the potential collapse of our financial system," he adds. Obama also announces that he'll send Congress a job-creation plan in the coming week.
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Obama Warming Up to Job Legislation

Under enormous pressure to reduce the high unemployment rate, President Barack Obama is warming up to job-boosting legislation touted by congressional allies -- even though such a bill would likely add to the nation's ballooning debt.
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Sphere: Congress Grills Bernanke | Many Execs at Summit Have Cut Jobs
DailyFinance: U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops a Bit
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Obama Calls for Action on Job Creation

President Barack Obama says a jobs summit at the White House generated good ideas for getting jobless Americans back to work. The president vows to take "every responsible step to accelerate job creation," but says the government's resources are limited and that growth will largely have to come from the private sector.
Sphere: Job Cutters Attend Summit
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Congress Likely to Back Afghan Plan

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Even though some lawmakers from both parties have loudly criticized his strategy for Afghanistan, it appears President Barack Obama will have little trouble next year in securing the billions of dollars he needs to fund the faltering war effort.
Politics Daily: Obama Sounding Like Bush
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Obama: 'Security at Stake' in Afghanistan

In a major speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for America's involvement in Afghanistan, telling the nation he's sending 30,000 more troops to the country but that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011.
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Obama's Aunt Says She Lives in Anguish

President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, has exiled herself from her famous family as she faces possible deportation. Onyango, a native Kenyan, lives in Boston, although she was supposed to leave the United States five years ago. In a rare interview, she says she fears hurting Obama politically, and so stays away.
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