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Hi, everybody. In our house, everybody knows that President is only the third-most important job in the family. So this weekend, I'm going to take a little extra time to say thank you to Michelle for the remarkable way she does the most important job: being a mom. And I'm going to give extra thanks to my mother-in-law for the role model she's always been to Miche...
Hello, Air Force! Thank you so much. Thank you. It is wonderful to be back at the United States Air Force Academy! Thank you, Secretary James, for your service to our Air Force and to our nation. Governor Hickenlooper, Academy leaders, faculty and staff – especially your outstanding Superintendent, Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson. And most of all, congratulations to the ...
Hi, everybody. The story of America is a story of progress. It's written by ordinary people who put their shoulders to the wheel of history to make sure that the promise of our founding applies not just to some of us – but to all of us. Farmers and blacksmiths who chose revolution over tyranny. Immigrants who crossed oceans and the Rio Grande. Women who reached for the b...
Elkhart, Indiana was the first town I visited as President. I'd been on the job for three weeks, and we were just a few months into the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Elkhart was hit harder than most. Unemployment there peaked at nearly twenty percent shortly after my visit. Nearly one in five people there were out of work. This week, I returned to Elkhart. Unem...
President Obama: Hi, everybody. I've got a special guest with me this week – Macklemore. For those of you who don't share the same love for hip-hop that I do, he's a Grammy-winning artist, but he's also an advocate who's giving voice to a disease that we too often just whisper about: the disease of addiction. Macklemore: Hey, everybody. I'm here with ...
You can't say it, but you know it's true. Good evening, everybody. It is an honor to be here at my last – and perhaps the last – White House Correspondents' Dinner. You all look great. The end of the Republic has never looked better. I do apologize – I know I was a little late tonight. I was running on C.P.T. – – which stands for "jokes that white people sho...
President Obama: Thank you! Hello, Howard! H-U! Audience: You know! President Obama: H-U! Audience: You know! President Obama: Thank you so much, everybody. Please, please, have a seat. Oh, I feel important now. Got a degree from Howard. Cicely Tyson said something nice about me. Audience member: I love you, President! President Obama: I love you back. To President Frederick...
Hi, everybody. I've delivered a few hundred of these weekly addresses over the years. And you may have noticed a theme that pops up pretty often: The Republicans who run this Congress aren't doing their jobs. And guess what? Congress recently returned from a seven-week vacation. And they've only got two weeks left until their next one. But there's a lot of bu...
Good afternoon, everybody. As all of you know now, this morning, three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge were killed in the line of duty. Three others were wounded. One is still in critical condition. As of right now, we don't know the motive of the killer. We don't know whether the killer set out to target police officers, or whether he gunned them down as the...
Earlier this year, I got a letter from a South Carolina woman named Ashley, who was expecting her third child. She was, in her words, "extremely concerned" about the Zika virus, and what it might mean for other pregnant women like her. I understand that concern. As a father, Ashley's letter has stuck with me, and it's why we've been so focused on the th...
Hi, everybody. Before you fire up the barbecue for the long weekend, I want to talk a little bit about the reason we get to celebrate Labor Day – and that's the Labor Movement that helped build this country and our middle class. For generations, every time the economy's changed, hardworking Americans marched and organized and joined unions to demand not simply a bigg...
Thank you so much! Ms. Janelle Monáe! Come on out here and give a bow! Thank you so much. So in addition to Janelle Monáe, please give Kendrick Lamar a big round of applause! Here he is, right here. So on behalf of all of us, obviously we were hoping to share their incredible talents with 5,000 people out on the South Lawn. And the Fourth of July is about family, it's ab...
Every four years, our nation's attention turns to a competition that's as heated as it is historic. People pack arenas and wave flags. Journalists judge every move and overanalyze every misstep. Sometimes we're let down, but more often we're lifted up. And just when we think we've seen it all, we see something happen in a race that we've never seen be...
President Obama: Hi, everybody. I'm here with Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of our strongest advocates for families and consumers like you. And today, we want to talk to you about some of the actions we've taken to protect everything you've worked so hard to build. Eight years ago, after some big banks made irresponsible and risky bets with your money, we almost ...
Hi, everybody. It's been a challenging couple of weeks. The shootings in Minnesota and Baton Rouge; the protests; the targeting and murder of police officers in Dallas – it's left all of us struggling to make sense of things at times. Now, I know that for many, it can feel like the deepest fault lines of our democracy have suddenly been exposed, and even widened. But...
Hi, everybody. Earlier this summer, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I headed west – to the national parks at Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite. And I've got to say, it was a breath of fresh air. We explored hundreds of feet underground, standing beneath dripping stalactites in New Mexico. We hiked up a misty trail next to a waterfall in California. And I even took a few pictures ...
Fifteen years ago, a September day that began like any other became one of the darkest in our nation's history. The Twin Towers were reduced to rubble. The Pentagon was in flames. A Pennsylvania field burned with the wreckage of an airplane. And nearly 3,000 innocent lives were lost. Sons and daughters, husbands and wives, neighbors and colleagues and friends. They were ...
Hi, everybody, and Happy Fourth of July weekend. On Monday, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, and I will celebrate the Fourth just like most of you – in the backyard. We'll hang out with family and friends, throw some burgers and dogs on the grill, and watch the fireworks show. Of course, we're fortunate enough to have the South Lawn as our backyard. So we're also going to...
Good morning, everybody. I want to say a few words about the explosions that occurred here in New York City and New Jersey and the other devices that have been found in New Jersey. I've been monitoring the situation closely and receiving frequent updates from my team. And I've just been briefed again by FBI Director Comey. In addition, I've had a chance to speak ...
Hi, everybody. One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change. We know that 2015 surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record – and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter. When I took office, I said this was something we couldn't kick down the road any longer – that our children's future depended on our action. So, we got to work, and over the past seven-...