President Obama acknowledged Friday that bouncing back from the recession has been "painfully slow" but insisted that the economy continues to grow as he pushed his administration's new economic proposals at his first news conference in months.
Obama says economy battling tough headwinds
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President Obama on Friday named university professor Austan Goolsbee to head the Council of Economic Advisers and urged quick passage by Congress of a package of small-business incentives to help create jobs and revive a still-lagging economy. Barack Obama - President - Christina Romer - Council of Economic Advisers - United States
President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of holding the middle class hostage as he pushed new ideas to stimulate the sluggish U.S. economy and try to reverse Democrats' grim election prospects.
Obama names Goolsbee as top economic adviser
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