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Obama Aims to Reassure Governors

 
President-elect Barack Obama , in Philadelphia to meet with the nation’s governors, pledged quick work on an economic-recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending once he takes office. Here, the full text of his prepared remarks. (link)

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