By HOPE YEN and LIZ SIDOTI 2010-09-12T05:09:44Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty....
Record Gains For Us Poverty With Elections Looming
By HOPE YEN and LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press
Sat, 09/11/2010 - 10:09pm
Topics: barack obama midterm elections poverty
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