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Obama plan aims for 2.5 million new jobs by 2011 (AP)

 

Published 11/23/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - President-elect Barack Obama, who is set to announce his economic team, promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create or save 2.5 million jobs by spending billions of dollars to rebuild roads and bridges and modernize schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars. (link)

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