Obama Shift Some Priorities To The Backburner

By Kleinheider Posted on April 2, 2009 at 9:16 pm

From the Hill:

Even though some congressional Democrats have expressed concern that Obama’s agenda has been too ambitious, the White House has put the brakes on high-profile promises that Obama delivered on the campaign trail.

Some have been more obvious than others. After vowing to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), Obama in February reassured Canadian leaders that such a move was not high on his priority list, saying he wants “to be very careful about any signals of protectionism.”

The administration official noted that Obama was very vocal in his concerns about NAFTA when he made his comments about the trade pact.

Obama is heading the country amid a historic economic crisis, and he has said that both he and members of Congress will have to make policy sacrifices to fix the ailing economy.

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