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AFL-CIO Pres: Obama Aligned Himself With Tea Party To Cut Middle Class Programs
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
The most powerful union official in the country offered reporters his harshest critique of President Obama to date Thursday, questioning Obama's policy and strategic decisions, and claiming he aligned himself with the Tea Party in the debt limit fight.
"This is a moment that working people and quite frankly history will judge President Obama on his presidency; will he commit all his energy and focus on bold solutions on the job crisis or will he continue to work with the Tea Party to offer cuts to middle class programs like Social Security all the while pretending the deficit is where our economic problems really lie," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters at a breakfast roundtable hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
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Obama To Meet House Democrats At Retreat
The Hill reports from the House Democratic Issues Conference in Maryland: "House Democrats are projecting a sense of unity with the White House, but President Obama's appearance here Friday at their annual retreat will be his first collective meeting with the caucus since lawmakers roundly rebuked his tax cut deal last month."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will host a reception for Mayors at 10:15 a.m. ET. He will depart from the White House at 10:50 a.m. ET, and depart from Andrews Air Force Base at 11:05 a.m. ET, arriving at 12:10 p.m. ET in Albany, New York. He will tour the General Electric Plant in Schenectady at 12:45 p.m. ET, and deliver remarks on the economy at 1:05 p.m. ET. He will depart from Albany at 2 p.m. ET, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base at 3:05 p.m. ET, and will arrive back at the White House 3:20 p.m. ET. He will depart the White House against 6:30 p.m. ET, and attend the Democratic Issues Conference at 7:30 p.m. ET in Cambridge, Maryland. He will arrive back at the White House at 9:45 p.m. ET.
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