Close Article Close

What Obama will focus on while touring North Carolina and Virginia

User Score

- 0 +
0 comments
674 views
Excerpts from reporter Mark Binker's notes, as published on the News Record's blog:
...Today (Sunday), Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest and National Economic Council Deputy Director Jason Furman held a conference call to preview [President Obama's] trip [to North Carolina and Virginia]. The call offered a few more details about what the president would be doing. ...

...he'll be urging congress to pass portions of the American Jobs Act. ...

"The president believes it's an important part of his job to spend time outside of Washington [and in small communities]...

In Asheville, the president is due to talk about how infrastructure investments in his bill would help the airport there. ...

Asked about the Occupy Wall Street movement... Earnest said he didn't know exactly what, if anything, the president would say this coming week.....Read the full article

Subscribe to XpressMail. Free Sneak Peek. Every Week.

Asheville News
Want to know what's coming out in Xpress this week before the paper even hits the stands? We've got your free sneak peek, along with deals available in XpressMail, our weekly email newsletter. (It's the best we can do without time travel.)

We respect your email privacy. More information.

Social Comments
  • Comments

  • Related Articles

Guides

Advertisement

Advertisement

Featured Classifieds from MountainX

1.1091