Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5B104820091202

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/us/politics/30jobs.html

Democrats in Congress are eager to come up with ways to spur hiring, but at odds over the scope of new measures. ...read more

Link: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2009/12/barack_obama_visiting_lehigh_c.html

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6699619/Afghanistan-Barack-Obama-informs-Hamid-Karzai-of-new-strategy.html

Barack Obama held an hour-long video conference with Hamid Karzai to discuss the new US military strategy in Afghanistan, which he will announce tonight. ...read more

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/01/blogs/coopscorner/entry5854057.shtml

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/world/asia/02afghan.html

President Obama's commitment to redouble the campaign left unanswered a decisive question: Will the Afghans step up too? ...read more

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6703226/Barack-Obama-to-announce-30000-US-troop-surge-to-Afghanistan.html

President Barack Obama plans to send about 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan over six months, an administration official said on Tuesday, in an accelerated deployment aimed at a quicker US exit from the eight-year war. ...read more

Link: http://www.wkyc.com/news/world/news_article.aspx?storyid=126386&catid=22

Link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGM9lb

The independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a report late Monday on the economic impact of the Recovery Act. The CBO determined that, between its inception in February of this year and the end of September, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has:    • Saved or Created up to 1.6 Million Jobs  &n ...read more

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6703442/Barack-Obama-to-announce-30000-troop-surge-in-Afghanistan.html

Barack Obama to take biggest gamble of his presidency by telling US public he is dramatically deepening US commitment to the war. ...read more