Obama annouces steps to improve the safety of our nation’s food supply. He also appoints Margaret Hamburg as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
This week, Obama acknowledges times are tough and lists day-by-day actions that the government is doing to help rebuild the economy.
The President also warns there are tough choices ahead, and his administration will use honest accounting methods to deal with them. His office ended no-bid contracts, and has started the process of reforming healthcare.
This week’s address for your viewing enjoyment:
The main message is that Obama says he’s willing to fight entrenched interests that are not working in the interests of the American people. It’ll be interesting so see how he does.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Here’s this week’s address. Interesting semi-related observation: As of this post, the video isn’t at Whitehouse.org – so I had to search around for it. Also, this is the first time I’ve seen the address with subtitles.
In this episode: President Obama says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will have an impact as soon as [...]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
We only have two more Weekly Addresses to post in order to catch up. Apologies to everyone’s RSS feed.
1/31/09: Your Weekly Address from White House on Vimeo.
In this episode: Obama focuses on the financial crisis, acknowledges that Americans are suffering, warns the recovery will take years, and addresses CEO abuses.
Monday, February 16, 2009
In an effort to catch up with past Obama addresses, here’s the one from Saturday – February 7th, 2009:
2/7/09: Your Weekly Address from White House on Vimeo.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Every Saturday President Obama posts his weekly address on the internet. I can’t believe we at WIOD haven’t already started posting these.
Thankfully, we aren’t that far behind – so I’ll start from the Valentine’s Day address two days ago.
Topics: Economic stimulus, Economic crisis, Hope
