Barack Obama

Barack Obama Dept: MIAMI - President Barack Obama was promoting a plan to create jobs by attracting private investment in highways and other public works during a visit Friday to a Miami port, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Among the proposals Obama will call for: FILE - President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in this March 28, 2013 file photo. In his quick trip to South Florida, Friday March 29, 2013 Obama will try to show the public that the economy remains his top priority in the midst of high-profile campaigns on immigration reform and gun control. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File The president chose to flesh out details of his proposals in a speech at the port, which is undergoing $2 billion in upgrades paid for with government and private money. Obama, in the quick trip to South Florida, was trying to show that the economy remains his top priority in the midst of high-profile campaigns on immigration reform and gun control. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.