President Barack Obama
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Despite Differences, President Obama Asks Americans to Unite Behind President Elect Trump November 9, 2016
Below is a transcript of President Obama’s comments on the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Good afternoon, everybody. Yesterday, before votes were tallied, I shot a video that some of...
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State of the Union 2015: Transcript of the President's SpeechJanuary 21, 2015
State of the Union 2015 Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our...
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President Obama’s Speech About Illegal ImmigrationNovember 21, 2014
This is a transcript of the president's remarks about his planned executive action on illegal immigration. My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200...
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Obama's 5 Reasons for Executive Action on ImmigrationNovember 20, 2014
The President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions are an important step to fix our broken immigration system. Millions of undocumented immigrants who live in the shadows but want to play...
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Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General AssemblySeptember 25, 2014
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: Each year we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution. For most of recorded history,...
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Full Text: President Obama’s Speech Outlining ISIS StrategySeptember 11, 2014
My fellow Americans – tonight, I want to speak to you about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL. As...
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President Obama’s European Speech on NATO and RussiaMarch 27, 2014
Thank you so much. Thank you. (Applause.) Please, please have a seat. Good evening. Goede avond. Bonsoir. Guten abend. (Applause.) Thank you, Laura, for that remarkable introduction. Before...
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State of the Union: Video and TranscriptJanuary 29, 2014
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation...
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Obama Focuses on Middle East in U.N. SpeechSeptember 24, 2013
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: Each year we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution. For most of recorded...
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Obama Speaks on Race After Zimmerman TrialJuly 19, 2013
Following is a transcript of President Obama’s remarks on race in America in the White House briefing room. (Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service.) PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I — I wanted to...
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President Barack Obama's 2014 Budget MessageApril 10, 2013
Thanks to the hard work and determination of the American people, we have made significant progress over the last 4 years. After a decade of war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home....
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President Obama's State of the Union Address 2013February 12, 2013
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but...