Obama speaks on economy at rally
10-02-2009
President Barack Obama has held his first public rally outside Washington since taking office, calling on the United States Congress to approve his 800 billion US dollar economic stimulus plan immediately. Mr Obama told a crowd in the hard-hit industrial city of Elkhart, Indiana, that any delay in Congress would bring deepening disaster for the US economy. Congress has been divided over the plan, which has presented Mr Obama with the first major challenge of his presidency.
