# 2009-08-01 President Obama's Weekly Address

President Barack Obama's Weekly Address "This Economic Storm Will Pass" from August 1, 2009. Original description of the speech: "The President said the newly released GDP numbers are an indication that the Recovery Act, but that long–term investments in innovation are needed to ensure our nation’s long-term economic growth."

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2009
- Runtime: 5 min
- By: The White House
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-08-01_President_Obama%27s_Weekly_Address.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: The White House
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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