Ben Rhodes, Obama's national security advisor
Posted on 11/09/2011 1:11:36 PM PST by Driftwood1
WASHINGTON — The White House Wednesday defended President Barack Obama's decision to make a week-long Pacific trip next week, saying he was out to leverage jobs from a dynamic region to ease economic pain at home.
Obama's image-makers face a tough task in selling his journey, which begins Friday, as Washington media fixates on domestic concerns including a deficit row with Republicans and the quickening 2012 election.
By hosting an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii, and visiting Australia and the East Asia summit in Bali, Obama will pursue trade and employment and stand up for US values and security in a region likely to dictate its future, officials said.
Obama will also have a flurry of talks with key foreign leaders from China, Russia, Japan, India and Southeast Asian states on the global economic crisis and key international security issues.
"The president's number one priority is job creation, and our efforts to create American jobs are tied very directly to our engagement in the Asia-Pacific," said Ben Rhodes, a US national security advisor.
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Ben Rhodes, Obama's national security advisor
He could approve the XL pipeline right now and create thousands of jobs overnight, and he wouldn’t even have to leave D.C.
But that would help America, and he isn’t about that.
Livin large and gettin paid.
again and again.
I seriously doubt the MSM in America will want to report what the unemployment rate is currently in Australia, the average workers wages or the immediate future of jobs in OZ, especially the mining industry.
No they will get the zipper, if they were to even fractionally show just what the economy is like in Oz there would be a stampeed of immigrants from America.
And most of all contrary to blown out of proportion reports Australia has NOT been disarmed. They still sell guns and you can still buy them.
The Aussies just passed their cap and trade, did they not? Price of carbon something like $23 Aussie a ton, whatever that works out to. Actual market value: 5 American cents. The problem with overvaluing something that is detrimental (cuts in carbon) is that they will get more of it.
The AUS dollar has been higher than the USD, almost neck and neck right now, the unemployment rate is around 6.2% on average, some of the best rated places to live globally is in Oz.
the carbon tax does stink, and buying things like a new motorcycle in Oz after living in America will put a person into sticker shock.
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