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Obama Widens Goals, Now Wants 3M Jobs

Recovery plans grow as advisers predict 9% unemployment

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2008 5:37 PM CST

(Newser) – Barack Obama is expanding his plans to reverse the nation’s financial crisis and will seek to create 3 million jobs in the next two years, up from the goal of 2.5 million he proposed last month, the New York Times reports. The new... Read full story »

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