FINANCIAL TIMES DEUTSCHLAND 7.11.2008
Der designierte US-Präsident Barack Obama will unmittelbar nach seiner Amtsübernahme am 20. Januar den Kampf gegen die Folgen der Finanzkrise aufnehmen. Er werde die Herausforderungen dann frontal angehen.
Das sagte Obama am Freitag auf seiner ersten Pressekonferenz nach seiner Wahl zum Präsidenten. Der 47-Jährige räumte jedoch ein, das Ausmaß der vor ihm liegenden Aufgaben keinesfalls zu unterschätzen. Eine Lösung der gegenwärtigen Probleme werde nicht "schnell und leicht" zu erreichen sein.
Er befürwortete ein weiteres Konjunkturprogramm für die angeschlagene US-Wirtschaft. Solch ein Paket sähe er "lieber früher als später", sagte Obama nach Beratungen mit seinen ...
marta27 - 16 months agoBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the financial crisis will help elect Barack Obama U.S. president, Folha Online reported. ``There may not be much ideological difference between the Democrats and the Republicans in terms of U.S. foreign policy,'' Folha cited Lula as saying in Portuguese. ``But, from a symbolic point of view, this world has elected a lathe operator twice in Brazil, an Indian in Bolivia, a black man in the U.S. and a bishop in Paraguay.'' Electing a black man is ``no small thing,'' the newspaper cited Lula as saying an awards ceremony in Sao Paulo late yesterday.
By Laura Price
Original source Bloomberg
a3 - 16 months agoThe New York Times endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for U.S. president on Thursday, saying he had "met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises of hope and change."The Times posted its endorsement on its Internet site on Thursday evening and was to publish it in Friday editions of the newspaper.Earlier this year, the newspaper endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, but it said Obama had long ago erased the reservations that led it to make that decision."He has drawn in legions of new voters with powerful messages of hope and possibility and calls for shared sacrifice and social responsibility," the Times said. "He has shown a cool head and sound judgment. We believe he has the will and the ability ...
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