WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that although progress has been made in reducing poverty, government can still play a positive role in reducing hardship and increasing economic opportunity.

President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers is marking the 50th anniversary of the nation’s “War on Poverty” by releasing a progress report covering the past five decades. President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the effort in 1964.

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