Obama Promotes Clean Energy Economy, while republicans continue with no plan of their own

Obama says, “republican leadership just don’t get it.”

President Obama prepares to record his weekly address for 03 Jul 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is speeding up the U.S. transition to a clean energy economy.

In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama said the move is part of efforts to make sure the jobs and industries of the future take root in the United States.

He said the Department of Energy is awarding $2 billion in funds from the economic recovery act to two solar companies.  One of them is building one of the largest solar plants in the world in Arizona.  Mr. Obama says that plant will be able to store energy even at night.
The president says the projects will create thousands of jobs and generate enough clean energy for tens of thousands of homes.

He also said after 22 uninterrupted months of job loss, the U.S. economy has created jobs in the private sector for six months in a row.

But the U.S. Labor Department announced Friday the total number of people asking for unemployment assistance rose to 472,000 in the last week of June.

In the Republican weekly address, U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss from the southern state of Georgia criticized Democrats for what he called out-of-control spending.  He said the U.S. debt of $13 trillion is a national security issue.