Day 21: Obama Back On The Trail
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
“I promised you back [when I was running for office] that if elected president, I would do everything I could to help this community recover. And that’s why I’ve come back today – to tell you how I intend to keep that promise,” he said.
The president also scheduled a prime-time press conference to sell the country on the bill, which cleared an important hurdle in the Senate in the afternoon. (UPDATE: Here's the full transcript of the press conference.)
Below, watch CBS Evening News reporting on the president's day.
Author Thomas Friedman on Obama's Afghanistan plan and the war on terror.
