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Obama gives brief rundown of economic recovery plan

 
(CNN) – Saying that moving quickly is imperative, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday offered an outline of his economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011, saying American workers will rebuild the nation's roads and bridges, modernize its schools and create more sources of alternative energy. "These aren't just steps to pull ourselves out [...] (link)

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