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Still, given that more than 3 million jobs have been lost since Obama took office - and in that time his approval ratings have plummeted - Congress feels more must be done. Indeed, the Congressional Black Caucus, upset that Main Street, and especially hard-hit black communities, has received little aid compared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Looks Toward a Jobs Stimulus | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

Another factor driving the calls for a second stimulus is that nearly 90% of the original stimulus money targeted for infrastructure projects will have been spent by May, and the Highway Trust Fund could be running a shortfall in June, says House Transportation Committee chairman James Oberstar. "[It] means, unless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Looks Toward a Jobs Stimulus | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

Ronald Reagan would have done it differently. He would have told a story. It might not have been a true story, but it would have had resonance. He might have found, or created, a grieving spouse - a young investment banker whose wife had died in the World Trade Center - who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

And that is the high drama that has been unfolding this autumn: the struggles of a highly intelligent, dispassionate man to find a rationale for a mission that is crucial but slightly crazy, a decision that will define his presidency. (See a graphic of the troop count and war funding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

The real haggle was over speed of deployment. The military plans carefully, in five- to 10-year increments, and moves with the speed of a supertanker. A good part of the reason the troops were sent to Helmand instead of Kandahar, even though it violated the prevailing counterinsurgency strategy, was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

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