The President condemns the attacks at Ft. Hood and honors those who were killed and injured. He also commends those who stood up to help and console those affected: Though "we saw the worst of human nature... we also saw the best of America."
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While there is nothing to celebrate until job numbers turn around, the President cites the recent dramatic turnaround in gross domestic product as a sign of better things to come.
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The President restates his commitment to small business as key to economic recovery - from the Recovery Act to Financial Stability to Health Reform - and pledges more to come.
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The President discusses ongoing efforts to spur job creation, and explains why health insurance reform is imperative for the economy in both the short and long terms.
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As the health insurance reform debate enters into its final stages in Congress, the President denounces the desperate and deceptive last-ditch efforts of the health insurance companies to derail it.
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This morning President Obama was joined by Congressional leaders and middle school students from the Washington, DC area to congratulate the astronauts on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery on their successful ongoing mission.
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With almost a hundred thousand participants and more than three and a half million votes, the Online Town Hall was an eye-opening experience and showed the potential of what this kind of open engagement can accomplish.
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The President goes through the leading conservative and Republican figures who have come out urging passage of health reform. After a summer of intense debate, consensus begins to emerge.
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