Obama to announce high-speed rail plan post-speech

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Wed, 01/27/2010 - 02:12

A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, President Barack Obama intends to award $8 billion in stimulus funds to develop high-speed rail corridors and sell the program as a jobs creator.


 

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