President Barack Obama and Congress tackled the troubled economy on Wednesday, weighing tactics for fixing the struggling financial industry and pushing ahead with a massive economic recovery package of new spending and tax cuts. Obama, in his first full day in office, planned to meet with his White House economic advisers. On Capitol Hill, Timothy Geithner, Obama's nominee for secretary of the Treasury, told senators the country needs a "forceful course" to meet the economic crisis. The...
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