President-Elect Obama Sets His Agenda
1,974 views · Published 11 November 2008 · 3:12 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · News & Politics
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in the depths of the Great Depression in 1933, he launched an ambitious legislative program in the first 100 days. Ever since, initial accomplishments of new U.S. presidents have been measured in the same time span. And President-elect Barack Obama will have both leftover issues from the Bush administration and his own campaign agenda to put before Congress in those first days when he takes office in January.
