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Obama vows new deficit reduction plan on Sept. 19

WASHINGTON : US President Barack Obama told Congress Thursday he will announce on September 19 a new over-arching plan t
Published September 8, 2011

ObamaWASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama told Congress Thursday he will announce on September 19 a new over-arching plan that lays out how he intends to reduce America's ballooning budget deficit.

"A week from Monday, I'll be releasing a more ambitious deficit plan -- a plan that will not only cover the cost of this jobs bill, but stabilize our debt in the long run," Obama said, unveiling a $447 billion jobs initiative.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

 

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