History and My Story

This afternoon President Obama spoke to you, the schoolchildren of America, to encourage you to take responsibility for your learning. The President challenged you to set goals, try hard and not to be afraid of failure.

Click here for transcript of the speech. It is similar to the remarks released Monday for preview, but has [...]

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See 4:30 on this clip from last night’s Presidential Address to Congress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib2X1syZgkM
 
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For those of you who have enjoyed this site you might want to venture over to the President’s new blog on the new white house site.  Very ambitious proposals to connect us to the administration as part of the goals of communication, transparency and participation.  Can you tell Mr. Obama used to be a teacher? 
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For those of you who went to bed at a decent hour here are the speeches from Election Night.  I can not help but think of all the people around the world who have suffered violence in order to force change in their governments, both past and present.  Last night we were witnesses to democracy [...]

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