Early this year President Obama promised the $787 billion stimulus bill would create over 3,400,000 new jobs by December of next year. Through September of this year 49 of 50 states have lost jobs - collectively more than 2,700,000 jobs. (source) For the president to keep his promise we'll need a net gain of over 6,100,000 new jobs created in the next 15 months.

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Contrary to all predictions, President Barack Obama's adopted hometown of Chicago has lost its bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting despite the president flying to Copenhagen to make a personal plea. Or maybe because he did.

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President Obama will travel to Copenhagen late this week to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics. But fear not, according to White House aides his first priority is the ongoing debate in Washington over health care reform and he is determined that his trip to Denmark won't take away from that process. (source) Meanwhile Iran has tested its most advanced missiles and General Stanley McChrystal told a reporter that he has spoken to the president once in the 70 days since he took command in Afghanistan. (source)

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