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President Barack Obama's Weekly Radio Addresses

President Barack Obama plans to publish a weekly video address every Saturday morning of his presidency.  This webpage features President Obama's weekly radio addresses mp3 downloads, and has an audio file of the inaugural speech. To download the weekly address, click on the appropriate link below, or on the associated thumbnail option on the left.

	Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 11:59 pm Weekly Address: Opening the Door to a Clean Energy Economy The President praises historic energy legislation passed by the House of Representatives.The legislation will help America create green jobs, ensure clean air for our children, move towards energy independence and combat climate change.
	Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 11:59 pm Weekly Address: Financial Reform to Protect Consumers The President explains his plan to address one of the major causes of the current economic crisis -- the breakdown of oversight leading to widespread abuses in the financial world.
	Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at 12:00 am Weekly Address: Health Care Reform as the Key to Our Fiscal Future The President has long noted that skyrocketing health care costs will be disastrous in terms of our long term national debt unless we pass real reform.  In this Weekly Address, the President also explains how he will cover the upfront costs of reform by eliminating overpayments from Medicaid and Medicare and driving down costs contributing to government’s health care expenditures across the board.
	Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 11:59 pm Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Real Health Care Reform The President makes clear that as Congress works through health care reform legislation, it must include fundamental changes that lower costs, ensure Americans have choices, and establish access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
	Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 11:59 pm Weekly Address: The Experience of Judge Sotomayor The President discusses the breadth and depth of experience held by his nominee for the Supreme Court. In the course of a life that began in a housing project in the South Bronx and brought her to the pinnacle of her profession, Judge Sonia Sotomayor accumulated more experience on the federal bench than any incoming Supreme Court Justice in the past 100 years, touching nearly every aspect of our legal system.
	Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 am Weekly Address: Sacrifice On this Memorial Day weekend, President Obama calls on the American people to join him in paying tribute to America’s veterans, servicemen and women – particularly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice - and their families.
	Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 11:59 pm Weekly Address: Two Pillars of a New Foundation This week the President discusses breakthroughs on two issues where stakeholders from all sides, who once opposed each other, are coming together for real reform. On health care and energy, solutions would provide key pillars for a new foundation for the country.
	Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at 1:00 am Weekly Address: Credit Card Reform This week the President recaps a busy week, from strides on fiscal discipline, to financial stability, to cracking down on tax havens and tax breaks for shifting jobs overseas.
	Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 am Weekly Address: Government Actions to Address the H1N1 Flu Virus The President discusses the government’s response to the 2009 H1N1 flu virus, from school closings to activating online social networks. He urges Americans to be calm but cautious.
	Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 5:30 am Weekly Address: Calling for Fiscal Discipline The President reiterates a theme that has been a hallmark of his career, namely that "old habits and stale thinking" will simply not help us solve the new and immense problems our country faces.
	Saturday, April 18th, 2009 at 5:30 am Weekly Address: Efficiency and Innovation In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced that Jeffrey Zients, a CEO, management consultant and entrepreneur, will join the administration as the Chief Performance Officer, and that Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology, will serve as the Chief Technology Officer.
	Saturday, April 11th, 2009 at 5:30 am Weekly Address: Passover & Easter The President discusses the multitude of problems and opportunities before the world through the prism of Passover and Easter.
	Saturday, April 4th, 2009 at 5:30 am Weekly Address: The Challenges of Our Time The President discusses the breadth and depth of the global challenges we face, as well as our potential to address them through renewed international alliances.
	Saturday, March 28th, 2009 at 5:30 am Weekly Address: Crisis and Service President addresses the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota as they face down disastrous flooding. He speaks of what the government is doing, but also stresses that times of crisis like this are reminders of the need and opportunity Americans have to keep their dedication to service.
	Saturday, March 21st, 2009 at 5:30 am A Budget Equal to the Task Before Us The President relects on lessons from his time spent outside Washington recently, which only reinforced the four core principles in his his budget.
	Saturday, March 14th, 2009 at 5:30 am Reversing a Troubling Trend in Food Safety In this week's address, President Barack Obama makes key announcements regarding the safety of our nation's food.
	Saturday, March 7th, 2009 at 6:00 am Toward a Better Day. President Barack Obama used his weekly address to detail his plans to fix our ailing economy, noting that reforming healthcare is necessary to ensure our long term fiscal health.
	Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 5:43 am Keeping Promises. President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate, and assures special interests that he is ready for the fight.
	Saturday, February 21st, 2009 at 5:00 am The quickest and broadest tax cut ever. President Obama announces that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will start having an impact as soon as a few weeks from now, in the form of the quickest and broadest tax cut in history.
	Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at 5:30 am A major milestone. In the weekly address for Saturday, February 14, 2009, President Obama celebrates the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act while keeping his eyes on the tough road ahead.
	Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at 5:00 am Compromise. President Obama commends the progress the Senate has made on moving the recovery plan forward, and urged its completion.
	Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at 4:45 am Moving forward. In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is preparing a new strategy for reviving our financial system, and urged the swift passage of an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
	Saturday, January 24th, 2009 at 5:55 am President Obama delivers Your Weekly Adddress. In his first weekly address since being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, President Barack Obama discussed how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will jump-start the economy.
	President Obama's Inaugural Address: 20th January, 2009 On January 20, 2009 President Barack Obama was sworn in as 44th President of the United States and delivered his Inaugural Address.