Thursday, March 15, 2012

Obama heads to California for town-hall meetings

President Barack Obama heads to California today, where he will preside over a couple of town hall-style meetings and become the first incumbent chief executive to appear on "The Tonight Show." The visit comes at a time when California is being hit hard economically.

The state that is home to one in eight Americans has been ravaged by recession, a housing meltdown and double-digit unemployment. The public is seething over $165 million in post-bailout bonuses paid to executives at American International Group Inc. _ an issue certain to overshadow the two-day visit.

His first appearance as president in a state that was a getaway for his predecessors …

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