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President’s Weekly Address – Fighting Terrorism – Video

Ezra Grant — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 17:12:35 +0000

President Obama used his weekly address to once again address the terrorism fears in American and worldwide, and the steps his administration has taken and will continue to take, in fighting the terrorist threat. This week, Americans across our country have shown what it means to be strong in the face of terrorism. In San […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Time to Replace ‘No Child Left Behind’

Ezra Grant — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:43:51 +0000

In this week’s Weekly Address, President Obama spoke about education and replacing No Child Left Behind with a more modern, smarter policy that guarantees a better education for our children. “I want to work with both parties in Congress to replace No Child Left Behind with a smarter law,” the president said. A law “that […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Things Are Better Now, Thanks To White House Policies

Ezra Grant — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 18:42:53 +0000

In his weekly address, President Obama took some time to praise the rebound of the American economy, something the president hasn’t done in a long time although evidence of economic prosperity is evident. The steps we took nearly six years ago to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped make 2014 […]

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President’s Weekly Address – With The Afghanistan War Almost Over, Obama Thanked Our Troops

Ezra Grant — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:12:17 +0000

On Monday, the President will visit troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey to personally thank the troops for all they are doing to protect the American people and our interests around the world. And with the war in Afghanistan coming to an end this week, the President used his weekly address to say […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Sharing in A Better Economy

Ezra Grant — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 19:17:43 +0000

In this week’s address, the President highlighted the good news in Friday’s jobs report – that American businesses added 314,000 new jobs this past month, making November the tenth month in a row that the private sector has added at least 200,000 new jobs. Even with a full month to go, 2014 has already been […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Happy Father’s Day To All Dads

Ezra Grant — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:18:19 +0000

President Obama used this week’s address to thank and encourage all the dads of America to continue doing what is necessary for their family. And he spoke about the upcoming White House Working Family Summit, where families will discuss the challenges they face in the workplace and ways to improve workplace policies to match those challenges. That’s […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Strengthening Overtime Pay for All Americans

Ezra Grant — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:28:38 +0000

In this week’s address, President Obama highlighted the action he took this week to reward hard work by strengthening overtime pay protections. As part of this year of action, the President has ordered the Secretary of Labor to modernize our country’s overtime rules to ensure that millions of American workers are paid a fair wage […]

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President’s Weekly Address – America Needs a Pay Raise

Ezra Grant — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:52:11 +0000

In this week’s address, President Obama says this is a year of action, and he will do everything he can to restore opportunity for all. The President already lifted the wages for federal contract workers, and he calls on the American people to tell Congress to finish the job by boosting the federal minimum wage […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Restoring Opportunity for All

Ezra Grant — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:05:11 +0000

In his weekly address, President Obama expanded on the goals he laid out in the State of the Union address. Goals that if followed by those in Congress, would result in a better opportunities for the American people. After four years of economic growth with eight million new private sector jobs, our unemployment rate is […]

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President’s Weekly Address – We Must Extend Unemployment Insurance – Video

Ezra Grant — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:14:56 +0000

President Obama used his first weekly address of 2014 to urge Republicans to joint Democrats in doing what they should for the unemployed – extending unemployment insurance. For decades, Republicans and Democrats put partisanship and ideology aside to offer some security for job-seekers, even when the unemployment rate was lower than it is today. Instead […]

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President’s Weekly Address: Extending the Unemployment Benefits

Ezra Grant — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:00:49 +0000

President Obama used his weekly address to continue his call for Congress to extend unemployment benefits. … if Members of Congress don’t act before they leave on their vacations, 1.3 million Americans will lose this lifeline. These are people we know. They’re our friends and neighbors; they sit next to us in church and volunteer […]

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President’s Weekly Address: A Budget that Works for Us

Ezra Grant — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 13:22:42 +0000

In this week’s address, President Obama says that in order to keep growing the economy and creating good jobs, Washington must end its cycle of manufactured crises and self-inflicted wounds. It’s time for both parties to work together to pass a budget that reflects our priorities – making smart cuts in things we don’t need […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Your Healthcare: “it’s a very big deal”

Ezra Grant — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:07:31 +0000

The President: . A few weeks ago, we launched an important new part of the Affordable Care Act. It’s called the Marketplace. And for Americans without health insurance, and Americans who buy insurance on their own because they can’t get it at work, it’s a very big deal. If you’re one of those people, the […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Possible Diplomacy in Syria

Ezra Grant — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:47:16 +0000

President Obama continued his call for action in Syria whether it be military or diplomatic, and he called on the leaders of Russia and Syria to continue talks with Sec. Kerry on securing and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons. “We’re making it clear that this can’t be a stalling tactic,” the president said. “We need to […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Celebrating Labor Day and The Middle Class

Ezra Grant — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:29:54 +0000

President Obama spoke about Labor Day and reflected on the contributions of the working men and women in our country. The President said that by recommitting ourselves to the values of working Americans and coming together with common purpose, we can ensure that everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead. This Labor […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Securing A Better Middle Class

Ezra Grant — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:46:27 +0000

President Obama lays out his plan for the middle class and tells the American people that securing a better middle class builds on the progress we’ve made so far, fighting our way back from the worst economic recession of our lifetimes. Over the past four and a half years, we’ve fought our way back from […]

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President’s Weekly Address – Discussing Obama’s Proposed Budget

Ezra Grant — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:35:30 +0000

President Obama used this week’s address to discuss the benefits of having a balanced approach to lowering the nation’s deficit and getting Americans back to work. He stated that his budget proposal, which will be presented next week, is a compromise and requires everyone to make the hard decisions to get this economy moving again. […]

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