Obama Will Pitch $447 Billion Jobs Package at LinkedIn Forum
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President Barack Obama holds a town-hall meeting today at the headquarters of LinkedIn Corp., the social and business networking website in Mountain View, California, to press Congress to adopt his $447 billion jobs plan.
“When the opportunity to work with LinkedIn came up, it was a no-brainer,” said Macon Phillips, director of digital strategy at the White House. “There’s no better way to connect -- not just with people in California, but across the country.” The White House asked the company to host the event, Phillips said in a telephone briefing Sept. 23.