WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line.
Obama Lobbied On Black Unemployment, Immigration
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Thu, 03/11/2010 - 4:29pm
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