WASHINGTON — Father of two girls, President Barack Obama says he wants to improve the status of women in the United States.
Women are more likely than men to graduate from college today, yet earn less on average, face a greater chance of living in poverty and are outnumbered in critical subjects such as math and science, he said in his weekly radio and online address Saturday. “Achieving equality and opportunity for women isn’t just important to me as president,” he said. “It’s something I care about deeply as the father of two daughters who wants to see his girls grow up in a world where there are no limits to what they can achieve.”
In the Republican radio address, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska addressed rising energy costs. The Associated Press
