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Mon 12 Dec 2008Obama promises to spend billions on infrastructure
PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama has promised the biggest investment in public infrastructure the United States has seen since the federal highways programme in the 1950s but warned that the economy would get worse before it gets better.
In his most extensive interview since the election, Mr Obama told NBC's Meet the Press it was more important to provide "a blood infusion" to the economy than to limit the federal deficit.
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