Obama says must do more to ease U.S. unemployment

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WASHINGTON | Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:45pm EST

WASHINGTON Nov 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday said that his top priority was to tackle high U.S. unemployment and stressed that although the economy was growing again, many Americans were still suffering.

"We cannot sit back and be satisfied," he told reporters following a briefing with his cabinet. "This has been a very difficult year."

(Reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by Jackie Frank) ((+1-202-354-5820, email: alister.bull@thomsonreuters.com))
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