5/9/09: Your Weekly Address

This week the President recaps a busy week, from strides on fiscal discipline, to financial stability, to cracking down on tax havens and tax breaks for shifting jobs overseas. For his next big step, he calls for a credit card reform bill: "Americans know that they have a responsibility to live within their means and pay what they owe. But they also have a right to not get ripped off by the sudden rate hikes, unfair penalties, and hidden fees that have become all-too common in our credit card industry." Watch Your Weekly Address to find out what he plans to do about it.

President Obama: Shutting Down Tax Havens, Creating Jobs at Home

The President offers proposals to curb tax havens and replace tax advantages for creating jobs overseas with incentives to create them here at home.

Swearing In Sebelius and Locke

The President and Vice President attend the ceremonial swearing-in of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in the East Room. The Vice President delivers the oath of office.

5/2/09: Your Weekly Address

In this Weekly Address, the President discusses the government's response to the 2009 H1N1 flu virus, urging that there is no need to panic but explaining that the federal government and American people nonetheless should take the necessary precautions.

My Fellow Americans

This afternoon, the President and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano attended a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the East Room of the White House. May 1, 2009.