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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 - 1997-1-4 09.08.2024 7:29

Teen pregnancy

Bill Clinton - 1997-1-11 09.08.2024 5:34

Fighting crime

Bill Clinton - 1996-12-28 08.08.2024 5:34

Driving safety

Bill Clinton - 1996-12-21 07.08.2024 5:50

Literacy

Bill Clinton - 1996-12-14 06.08.2024 4:30

Adoption

Bill Clinton - 1996-12-7 05.08.2024 5:56

Welfare Missing "...time. Thanks for listening."

Bill Clinton - 1996-11-30 04.08.2024 6:07

The spirit of Thanksgiving

Bill Clinton - 1996-11-23 03.08.2024 5:09

Thanksgiving, and fighting hunger

Bill Clinton - 1996-11-16 02.08.2024 4:46

U.S. troops in Zaire and Bosnia Missing "...that we can meet our challenges, but only by coming together across our differences. As he said shortly before he died, "It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time given to us on acrimony and division." This true man of God spent his entire life helping people to find their way to common ground. That was, in fact, the project he was mo...

Bill Clinton - 1996-11-9 01.08.2024 5:40

Preventing tobacco and alcohol abuse by youth

Bill Clinton - 1996-11-2 31.07.2024 5:15

First term accomplishments

Bill Clinton - 1996-10-26 30.07.2024 5:40

Protecting the rights of crime victims

Bill Clinton - 1996-10-19 29.07.2024 5:33

Teen drinking and driving and drug use

Bill Clinton and Al Gore - 1996-10-12 28.07.2024 5:51

National Parks

Bill Clinton - 1996-10-5 27.07.2024 4:58

Decline in out-of-wedlock birth rate