Your Weekly Address

With the President visiting troops in Afghanistan, Vice President Biden says Congress must extend both the middle class tax cuts and unemployment insurance for the sake of those families and the broader economy.

The Vice President records the Weekly Address
The Vice President records the Weekly Address
White House Photo, David Lienemann, 12/3/10

West Wing Week

Walk step by step with the President as he meets with bipartisan Congressional Leaders, 2010 Nobel Laureates, and General Colin Powell to name a few.

West Wing Week
West Wing Week

A New START Treaty

After a meeting, President Obama and General Colin Powell make the case for the urgency of the Senate ratifying the New START treaty with Russia.

President Obama and General Colin Powell
President Obama and General Colin Powell
White House Photo, Pete Souza, 12/1/10

Strengthening the Recovery

Speaking to newly-elected governors from around the country, the President discusses how not extending unemployment benefits will be a crushing blow not only to those hit hardest by the economy, but to the economy itself.

Pete Souza, 12/2/10

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President Barack Obama visits with a platoon of U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field that recently lost six members in Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama visits with a platoon of U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field that recently lost six members in Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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