President Barack Obama is reassuring the public that jobs and the economy are his top priority, according to AP. At the end of a historic and emotionally charged week, Obama on Saturday returned to promoting his energy agenda. "So although our economy hasn't been the focus of the news this week, not a day goes by that I'm not focused on your jobs, your hopes and your dreams," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. He recorded the address Friday while visiting an Indianapolis transmissions plant that makes systems for hybrid vehicles. Obama has been traveling around the country to talk up his plan to reduce U.S. consumption of foreign oil - and the price Americans pay for it - by increasing domestic oil production, encouraging a shift to alternative energy sources and building vehicles that use less fuel. He says shifting to jobs like those at the Indianapolis factory will create more jobs and help the economy grow. "The clean energy jobs at this plant are the jobs of the future, jobs that pay well right here in America," Obama said. "It's clean energy companies like this one that will keep our economy growing, create new jobs and make sure America remains the most prosperous nation in the world."
