Top of the Hour: Obama Sets Focus on Jobs, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

President Obama called for a “very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs, and to control our deficit” yesterday in Iowa, the first stop of a 3-day bus tour through the Midwest. The speech came on the heels of a GOP straw poll in Iowa, where Republican contenders critiqued the president over his handling of the economy.

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