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President Obama’s Weekly Radio Address

Source:  The White House / The White House Youtube Channel

In this week’s address, President Obama discusses the Senate’s confirmation of Rich Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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West Wing Week

This week, the 44th President hosted the 41st President at the White House to confer the 5,000th Daily Point of Light award, honored Richard Cordray as the newly confirmed Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, sat down to talk with Spanish language news anchors, and spoke on the importance of supporting full implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

President Obama makes a statement about Trayvon Martin and the verdict of the court trial that followed the Florida teenager’s death

Related articles

• Weekly Address: Confirming Rich Cordray to Lead the CFPB (thedailyblogreport.wordpress.com)
• Obama commends work of consumer protection agency (newsobserver.com)
• Obama commends work of consumer protection agency (thenewstribune.com)
• Obama celebrates consumer protection bureau and Cordray’s confirmation in weekly address (dailykos.com)
• WH journalist Helen Thomas dies (abc15.com)