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This is the thread which will contain the weekly addresses from the President.

Weekly Address: Pursuing a Diplomatic Solution in Syria

Published on Sep 14, 2013
President Obama follows up on his speech to the nation on Tuesday and describes the possibility for a diplomatic solution in Syria, partially because of the credible threat of U.S. military force.

http://youtu.be/jPG5I_f1cAY

Weekly Address: The President’s Budget Ensures Opportunity for All Hardworking Americans

Published on April 5, 2014
In this week’s address, the President highlighted the important differences between the budget he’s put forward — built on opportunity for all — and the budget House Republicans are advocating for, which stacks the deck against the middle class.

While the President is focused on building lasting economic security and ensuring that hardworking Americans have the opportunity to get ahead, Republicans are advancing the same old top-down approach of cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans and slashing important investments in education, infrastructure, and research and development.

"Policies that benefit a fortunate few while making it harder for working Americans to succeed are not what we need right now. Our economy doesn’t grow best from the top-down; it grows best from the middle-out." —President Obama: http://go.wh.gov/RQCbgo

http://youtu.be/dBek8h5tGMU

This week's weekly address/comments

In this week’s address, President Obama highlighted the progress our economy has made, with more than 3.1 million jobs created in 2014 – the best year for job growth since the late 1990s. America has come a long way, and with the right policies, we can continue to grow our economy into one where those who work hard can get ahead.

That’s why earlier this week the President released a budget proposal focused on middle-class economics – the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, does their fair share, and plays by the same set of rules. The President said he looks forward to working with anyone, Republican or Democrat, who is willing to fight for commonsense policies that will help the middle class succeed.

(Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-ro...) February 7, 2015

Do you the link to the address itself Jill

Why don't you add it to message 4 with the date.

Done. Thanks for calling my attention to that.

President Obama's Farewell Address in Chicago - January 10th, 2017

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/watch-p...

Source: Wired

Note: It should also be on the White House site soon

Weekly Address: 4/7/2018 - President Trump

https://youtu.be/l5LwnDv9SuQ

Note: This was the latest weekly address - this site does not necessarily agree or disagree with the comments made in this presentation.

Weekly Address - Note: This has not been fact checked.

Weekly Address: 4/13/2018

https://youtu.be/J3a7WWtwClQ

Source: White House, Youtube

Note the date above - I think these weekly addresses are on hiatus - https://www.voanews.com/a/president-t...