Weekly Address: President Obama's Farewell Address to the Nation
Source: White House
In this weeks address, President Obama discussed his upcoming farewell address to the nation. In 1796, as George Washington set the precedent for a peaceful, democratic transfer of power, he also set a precedent by penning a farewell address to the American people. And over the 220 years since, many American presidents have followed his lead. Next week, the President will return to his hometown of Chicago to say a grateful farewell to the nation. This will mark the first time that a President has returned to his hometown to deliver such a speech.
The President has said that the running thread through his career has been the notion that when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together, things change for the better. This belief is at the heart of the American experiment in self-government and it gives purpose to new generations. Through his address, the President will thank his supporters, celebrate the ways we have changed this country for the better these past eight years, and offer his vision on where we all go from here. The President will deliver his farewell address at 9:00 PM EST on Tuesday, January 10, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
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Since the days of George Washington, presidents have delivered some form of final message while in office a farewell address to the American people.
On Tuesday night, in Chicago, Ill deliver mine. I chose Chicago not only because its my hometown where I met my wife and we started a family but also because its really where my career in public service began.
The running thread through my career has been the notion that when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come together in collective effort, things change for the better.
Thats the belief at the heart of this precious American experiment in self-government. Its what gives work and purpose to each new generation.
Its easy to lose sight of that truth in the day-to-day back-and-forth of Washington and our minute-to-minute news cycles. But remember that America is a story told over a longer time horizon, in fits and starts, punctuated at times by hardship, but ultimately written by generations of citizens whove somehow worked together, without fanfare, to form a more perfect union.
Over the past eight years, weve added our own new chapter to that story.
Together, weve turned an economy that was shrinking and losing jobs into one thats growing and creating jobs, with poverty falling, incomes rising, and wages that have jumped faster over the past few years than at any time in the past four decades.
Together, weve achieved what eluded politicians of both parties for a century weve moved 20 million more Americans from uninsured to insured, ended the days of discrimination against the up to half of Americans who have a preexisting condition, and secured new rights and protections for everybody with health insurance.
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Getting really bittersweet now. I think there may be one more of these next week and then after that... 
Thanks once more for the weekly post! 
