Watch President Obama Deliver Statement On Economy Via Live Stream

In light of the recent credit downgrade announced this weekend by the S&P (and the stock market plunge that has since followed), President Obama is speaking publicly from the White House today at 1pm. Sources reveal that he will also speak of the tragic weekend news of the downed Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan that led to over thirty deaths of US servicemen, many of whom who were members of SEAL Team Six.

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