Posted on 03/24/2009 7:46:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama has told his crisis-weary nation he sees signs of economic progress but pleaded for time to navigate out of the worst financial maelstrom in decades.
Obama used a prime-time news conference to tout his 3.6-trillion-dollar budget as the key to national recovery, during an intense week of economic and foreign policy rollouts ahead of his first big trip abroad next week.
The president said his government, in its first two hectic months in office, had framed a comprehensive strategy to attack the crisis on "all fronts."
"It's a strategy to create jobs, to help responsible homeowners, to restart lending, and to grow our economy over the long term. And we are beginning to see signs of progress.
"We'll recover from this recession, but it will take time, it will take patience," Obama said at his second full-blown press conference.
The president said his budget, which opposition Republicans argue will run up huge deficits for years, would create clean energy jobs, promote a highly skilled workforce and make health care affordable.
"That's why this budget is inseparable from this recovery -- because it is what lays the foundation for a secure and lasting prosperity."
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, fresh from outlining long-awaited details of a banking rescue, asked Congress Tuesday for unprecedented powers to seize non-bank financial firms if needed to maintain stability.
Obama anticipated "strong support from the American people and from Congress to provide that authority" so that a non-banking company such as giant insurer American International Group cannot hold the entire economy hostage.
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Grilled Obama.. mmmmm. some fresh veggies from the WH garden.. a nice cabournet .. a cigar.. or two..
Perhaps a slow simmer, but not a grilling.
grilling?? they mean butt-kissing
US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the White House on March 24 in Washington, DC. Obama has told his crisis-weary nation he sees signs of economic progress but pleaded for time to navigate out of the worst financial maelstrom in decades. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
Grilling. GRILLING?
Uhh ... no. There are any number of FReepers who could “grill” in a way the sycophantic MSM would never dream of attempting.
U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a prime time news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)
“Grilling?” Puffball is more like it! :)
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a prime time news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS)
Text of Obama presser.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_text_6
and thread
Text of Obama’s news conference
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213987/posts
I stuck around for the first couple and then got occupied with something else , poodle duty and it was 66 here outside.
it was a dull affair at best.
I went for a very long walk as soon as he started reading the Really Big TelePrompTer.
I want everyone to REMEMBER THAT STATEMENT!
LIAR!
How hard would it be for a few Freepers to infiltrate a couple of these media circuses and pose as reporters?
Don’t pay your taxes next month and you’ll get an invitation from this admin to join in on lots of things...
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