Only days later, President Obama delivered his last weekly address before the Democratic National Convention, and took the opposite approach: the entire address was about the sacrifices made by U.S. warfighters in recent conflicts, and how much the nation owes them in return.

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It would be, Mr Obama said in his weekly address, an "up-or-down vote on a basic package that protects the middle class from an income tax hike, extends vital unemployment insurance for Americans looking for a job, and lays the groundwork for future progress on more economic growth and deficit reduction".

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President Obama announced in his weekly radio address Recovery Act conditional loan guarantee commitments to two solar companies to fund three major new solar projects in Arizona, Colorado and Indiana that will create thousands of new jobs.

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In today's Weekly Address, President Obama talks about one of the legacies of September 11, 2001.

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Last weekend, the mother of one of the Newtown schoolchildren killed in December delivered the weekly presidential address instead of Obama.

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In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Obama warned Republicans not to play politics with Sotomayor's nomination.

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In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Obama said the concerns over the new virus are justified because lack of immunity makes it potentially risky.

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In a weekly radio address on Aug. 14 of last year, President Obama taunted Republicans on the issue of a personal savings and investment account option for Social Security, which President Bush had campaigned on successfully in 2000 and 2004.

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