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45. 1/31/09: Your Weekly Address
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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.

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  • Rob Solo 1 month ago
    Tim Geithner is the perfect example of greed and a person who had no clear accountability for his taxes. Shame on you Mr. President.
  • Alex Itin plus 28 days ago
    blah blah blah
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  • wess 1 month ago
    The "Shame on you" language is overly dramatic, unless your his grandfather of course, then I guess it would make more sense.
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 1 month ago
    Yea :P I saw that and kinda' thought so too.
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  • mike ambs ☂ plus 1 month ago
    You tell 'em Obama! By the way, I really like the thumbnail for this video.
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  • Gerald Penilla 1 month ago
    Thank you President Obama!
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  • Alexander Jung 1 month ago
    Where is the "Good News"??
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  • Jerry Stovall 1 month ago
    Learn what the average American thinks of the President's address:

    vimeo.com/3031224
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  • Gary Cranium 1 month ago
    In the first 28 seconds of is 'message' he had already blamed the 'other guy' for all the problems.

    Typical and business as usual in Washington.

    All politicians look alike to me.
  • Tim Warneka 1 month ago
    Business as usual?

    Respectfully, prior to Obama, when was the last time any high ranking U.S. official posted videos to sites like this?

    That's a step toward transparency that I appreciate.

    I, too, am worried about all politicians looking (and acting) alike.

    I'm hoping for a difference with this present administration ...
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  • Seventh Ward 1 month ago
    Thank you for the update, President Obama.
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  • fczuardi plus 1 month ago
    not to sound like I am complaining, I think putting those videos on the internet and dedicating them to the public domain is a great initiative, but can we please have them on a higher resolution? :)

    thanks!!
  • Michael Horton 30 days ago
    I completely agree. They have the HD version on the whitehouse.gov site in mp4, yet they upload a low def version on vimeo.

    whitehouse.gov/WeeklyAddress/Video/2009/01/20090131_QWSANC/20090131_Weekly_Address.mp4

    Doesn't make much sense.
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  • matthew carrozo 1 month ago
    agree with fczuardi, someone needs to tell the whitehouse about encoding HD for vimeo!

    vimeo.com/348114


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  • Greg Marra 1 month ago
    I would love to see HD return if possible.
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  • Ammonite plus 1 month ago
    I hear the word credit alot in your speech Mr.President . Do you not think that it is partly to blame for the mess the world is now in. Please, for a moment, imagine a world where people live within their means and that the banking system does not own the people like slaves.
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  • Andrew Hake 1 month ago
    I am really liking what I hear. I think it has been clear for a ridiculous amount of time where the major problem areas are in large businesses.

    As an employee of a company that does not foolishly negate the welfare of their employees by selfishly letting greed take control, I suggest taking a look at the corporations and companies that made huge strides (while everyone else was running into the ground) by actually offering products and services that people find value in and are willing to spend their more limited funds on. The companies that were very successful last year aren't doing well because they sold bulk, they are exceeding expectations by providing service and products that is above and beyond what they are used to.

    Take a look at the retail stores that have been successful last year, or car dealerships, or anywhere else, the ones that are failing are the ones that aren't willing to experiment and try things a little bit differently. The people happy with the norm are going to start getting left in the dust very quickly, and I say give them the opportunity to catch up if they like, if not, sayonara, au revoir, good bye. Lets move forward.
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