President Obama calls on Congress to take the money we are no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the other half to rebuild America.
This week, the President traveled to Afghanistan to sign an historic Strategic Partnership Agreement, visit with our troops, and address the American people about responsibly ending the war.
The President also traveled to Fort Stewart to sign an Executive Order to protect service members and their families from deceptive marketing practices, spoke at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, welcomed the Prime Minister of Japan, and spoke at the Building and Construction Trades conference
In case you missed this, (I did) President Obama delivers remarks at a Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden. May 3, 2012.
There is a county board of commissioners meeting tonight, there is not a city council meeting tonight. But if you need something to do with the city this afternoon, at 3:30 there is a planning board meeting.
There is no early voting today. You can mail absentee ballots postmarked today. Voted absentee ballots due If mailed, returned absentee ballots will still be timely if postmarked on or before Election Day, and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 11.
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I am sure it will all go to more social programs and not the debt or rebuilding America.