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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 07 > Obama’s public works plan

Obama’s public works plan

Seeking to resuscitate a reeling economy, president-elect promises largest infrastructure program since the interstate highway system

By Michael D. Shear / The Bulletin
December 7, 2008

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday offered the first glimpse of what would be the largest public works program since President Dwight Eisenhower created the federal interstate system in the 1950s.

Obama said the massive government spending program he proposes to lift....

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