President Obama Delivers Your Weekly Address

White House photo by Pete Souza

2.14.09 Weekly Address

In this week’s Address, President Obama
celebrates the passage of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act while
keeping his eyes on the tough road ahead.

President and Mrs. Obama at the re-opening of Ford's Theatre

White House photo 2/11/09 by Pete Souza

Lincoln's birthday

On the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln, President Obama invoked the "sense of unity that is so much a part of Lincoln's legacy."

President Obama at a Virgina construction site with Gov. Tim Kaine

White House photo 2/11/09 by Pete Souza

President Obama in Virginia

On a visit to a highway construction site in Virginia with Governor Tim Kaine, President Obama highlighted the jobs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will create -- and some it may already have saved.

The First Lady read to children at Mary's Center in Washington, D.C.

White House photo 2/10/09 by Joyce N. Boghosian

FLOTUS at Mary's Center

That was Mrs. Obama's message to a group of young people at a non-profit community organization in Washington, D.C. -- where she spoke about her own humble beginnings.

White House photo by Pete Souza

2.14.09 Weekly Address

In this week’s Address, President Obama
celebrates the passage of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act while
keeping his eyes on the tough road ahead.

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