Obama's 2010 Budget: Deficit Soars Amid Job Spending

Obama's 2010 budget: deficit soars amid job spending

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to halve a record 2010 budget deficit by the end of his first term in office, but made tackling double-digit unemployment his immediate priority with a spending plan that risked public ire and a rough battle in Congress.

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