By Juliann Francis, Business Week
President Barack Obama warned that other nations are pulling ahead of the U.S. in global economic competition as he campaigned for his budget goals at a high school and a Democratic fundraising event in New York. The president urged Congress to pass a budget that sets the “right priorities” by putting money into education and other programs that will help advance economic growth. The U.S. needs “some political courage in Washington,” Obama told students, faculty and elected officials at Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn. “We need to work together to grow the economy, not shrink it”
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