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Obama to visit Ohio before inauguration

Other News Materials 15 January 2009 01:31 (UTC +04:00)

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will visit Ohio to tout his economic recovery plan on Jan. 16, the day before a four-day marathon of events related to his inauguration, his transition team said Wednesday.

On that day, he will travel to Bedford Heights, Ohio, to tour Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Company, a company that uses only American made items to manufacture parts used to construct wind turbines, the team said in a statement, Xinhua reported.

Obama will meet with workers on the factory floor to discuss his economic stimulus proposals, officially known as the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan."

The president-elect has said his economic stimulus plan aims to save or create three to four million American jobs overall.

His plan would also try to create a half million jobs by investing in clean energy, like wind power.

The president-elect and his economic team have been meeting with members of Congress about the plan for days, but a final solution is still in the works.

This visit will be Obama's last trip to Ohio as President-elect.

The next day, Obama will travel from Philadelphia to Washington, to kick-off the inauguration-related events.

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