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President Barack Obama speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House, November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Obama weighs steps to spur jobs

Reuters - Fri Nov 6, 5:06 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday listed a range of fresh options being considered by the White House to spur growth after "sobering" news that unemployment spiked to a 26 1/2-year peak last month.

  • The US flag flies above the Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, is to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care. Photo:Karen Bleier/AFP
    Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote AFP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.

  • Army Command Sergeant Major Terrence Murphy sheds tears during a vigil for those killed and wounded in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. US President Barack Obama has sought to reassure US service men and women in the wake of the deadly shooting rampage, saying the tragedy had also displayed 'the best of America.' Photo:Joe Raedle/AFP
    Obama says Fort Hood response showed best of America AFP - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to reassure the US public in the wake of a deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, saying the response to the tragedy displayed "the best of America."

  • The decorated Indian Buddhist Tawang Monastery in the northwestern corner of Arunachal Pradesh state in India is seen on November 6. The United States has given its backing to a visit by the Dalai Lama to a remote Buddhist region in India that is claimed by China, according to reports. Photo:Diptendu Dutta/AFP
    'US supports Dalai Lama visit to Indian state' AFP - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - The United States has given its backing to a visit by the Dalai Lama to a remote Buddhist region in India that is claimed by China, according to reports.

  • Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in a mass shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 6, 2009. Investigators searched for the motive on Friday behind the mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which the Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people. REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout
    U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible": grandfather Reuters - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago

    AL-BIREH, West Bank (Reuters) - The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.

  • Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (pictured in October) confirmed that US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas. Photo:Nyein Chan Naing/AFP
    Obama delays Japan visit following Texas shooting: Tokyo AFP - Sat Nov 7, 3:14 AM

    TOKYO (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas, according to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.


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