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The Presidential Radio Address

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All of the Presidents' Weekly Addresses. From FDR's fireside chats to Reagan's "weekly radio address," to Biden's "weekly conversations." Enjoy this daily bite-sized piece of American history, from 1933 to today. A variety of different names, but all part of the same tradition of personal weekly messages from our Presidents to their citizens. Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama gave these almost every week, while Roosevelt, Bush Sr., Trump, and Biden were more sporadic, but they are all here. (Presidents from FDR to Reagan didn't give these addresses.) Enjoy, and have fun learning!

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Bill Clinton - 2000-10-14 25.02.2025 4:41

Attack on the USS Cole

Bill Clinton - 2000-10-7 24.02.2025 4:18

Cancer research

Bill Clinton - 2000-9-30 23.02.2025 5:18

Modernizing schools

Bill Clinton - 2000-9-23 22.02.2025 4:30

Gun control Missing "Good morning. In these first fall days of the new millennium..."

Bill Clinton - 2000-9-22 - The President's Internet Address 21.02.2025 3:16

Launching of FirstGov

Bill Clinton - 2000-9-16 20.02.2025 4:36

Nursing homes

Bill Clinton - 2000-9-9 19.02.2025 3:54

Wildfires in the western states

Bill Clinton - 2000-9-2 18.02.2025 5:00

Minimum wage

Bill Clinton - 2000-8-26 17.02.2025 4:22

Teachers

Bill Clinton - 2000-8-19 16.02.2025 4:08

Administration accomplishments; fight against AIDS

Bill Clinton - 2000-8-12 15.02.2025 5:05

Teen pregnancy

Bill Clinton - 2000-8-5 14.02.2025 4:32

Economic accomplishments

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-29 13.02.2025 5:25

Raising the minimum wage

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-22 12.02.2025 4:57

Tax plan Missing "...children's future. Thanks for listening."

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-15 11.02.2025 5:21

Fiscal discipline

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-8 - The President's Internet Address 10.02.2025 3:52

White House web site

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-8 09.02.2025 4:36

Medicare and prescription drugs

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-1 - The President's Internet Address 08.02.2025 4:25

Electronic Signatures Act

Bill Clinton - 2000-7-1 07.02.2025 5:44

Energy needs

Bill Clinton - 2000-6-24 - The President's Internet Address 06.02.2025 4:48

Advances in information technology This is the first of what were called the "President's Internet Address," or the "Weekly Web Address." Later presidents would communicate with Americans much more regularly using the internet, but this was the first attempt at doing that. As far as I can tell, he only gave a few of these, throughout the summer and fall of that year.

Bill Clinton - 2000-6-24 05.02.2025 4:29

Prescription drug health care plan

Bill Clinton - 2000-6-17 04.02.2025 5:00

Fathers

Bill Clinton - 2000-6-10 03.02.2025 4:11

Balancing work and family

Bill Clinton - 2000-6-3 02.02.2025 4:24

Technology in schools

Bill Clinton - 2000-5-27 01.02.2025 3:55

Healthy eating