Just two days before President Barack Obama is set to hold a White House forum on job creation, the Rhode Island House of Representatives will convene its own economic summit, starting this morning.
The day-long gathering will include briefings from local and national economists, as well as Rhode Island business [...]
On his first Thanksgiving in the White House, President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in war zones to thank them for their service.
The White House says Obama called two service members each in the Army, Navy, Air Force, [...]

From the Chicago Tribune:
Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island and a West Point graduate, was fresh from a meeting at the Pentagon this morning when he was asked about the decision that President Barack Obama faces about troop deployments in Afghanistan."He has to do" [...]