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Obama calls for “Swift Action” on the Economy

Posted by JD Thomas on November 8, 2008 in Techfun

President-Elect Obama Meets with Economic Advisers, Calls for “Swift Action” on the Economy | Change.gov Friday, November 7, 2008 06:20pm EST...

President-Elect Obama Meets with Economic Advisers, Calls for “Swift Action” on the Economy | Change.gov

Friday, November 7, 2008 06:20pm EST

President Elect Obama's First Press ConferenceBarack Obama today held his first press conference as President-Elect to call for “swift action” to fix the nation’s economy.

“Immediately after I become president I will confront this economic crisis head-on by taking all necessary steps to ease the credit crisis, help hardworking families, and restore growth and prosperity,” President-Elect Obama said.

The press conference followed a private meeting of Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board, a group of 17 leaders on economic issues that includes former U.S. Treasury Secretaries Robert E. Rubin and Lawrence E. Summers, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Warren Buffett.

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