奧巴馬將在首次競選之旅中爲經濟辯護
U.S. President Barack Obama will take his re-election campaign to ((the midwestern state of)) Ohio on Wednesday, where he is expected to defend his heavily criticized economic policies as the 2012 presidential election race heats up. Mr. Obama will make his first campaign trip of the year to the state considered crucial to the president's re-election. With the spotlight on the Republican nomination process, the president will speak at a suburban high school on Wednesday. The White House has released few details about his trip, but the president will focus on his message of rebuilding the American economy and creating jobs -- a policy initiative the White House charges has been stalled by Congressional Republicans.
The president kicked off his 2012 campaign events on Tuesday in a video teleconference to attendees at the Iowa caucuses. Both Republicans and Democrats held the first nominating contests in the 2012 presidential election in the midwestern state on Tuesday. From Washington, Mr. Obama highlighted major accomplishments of his administration, including passage of reform on Wall Street and health care, ending the war in Iraq, and reversing the ban on openly homosexual people serving in the military.美國總統奧巴馬星期三將在俄亥俄州進行競選連任的活動，在2012年總統選舉開始增溫之際，預計他將爲自己飽受批評的經濟政策辯護。奧巴馬將在俄亥俄州開始今年的首次競選之旅，俄亥俄州被認爲對奧巴馬競選連任至關重要。目前人們的注意力集中在共和黨總統候選人提名上，而奧巴馬星期三將在一所郊區高中發表演講。
白宮幾乎沒有透露有關奧巴馬這次出行的細節，但奧巴馬將把重點放在重建美國經濟和增加就業上，白宮指責說，這一政策被國會中的共和黨人擱置。
奧巴馬星期二與愛奧華州黨團會議的參與者舉行了一次視頻會議，就此開始了他2012年的競選活動。星期二，共和黨和民主黨都在這個位於美國中西部的州展開 2012年總統選舉的候選人提名首輪活動。在華盛頓，奧巴馬強調了他的政府的主要成就，包括實現華爾街和醫保制度的改革、結束伊拉克戰爭以及取消對同性戀軍人公開性取向的禁令。
