Subject: Your Weekly Address: Traveling the Country, Winning the Future
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:00:29 -0600

Your Daily Snapshot for
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011

 

Your Weekly Address: Traveling the Country, Winning the Future

The President discusses his recent travels and the examples he’s seen of how America can win the future. He urges Congress to heed these examples in the coming budget debate and to tighten our belts without eliminating investments in innovation, education and infrastructure.

Watch the video [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/26/weekly-address-traveling-country-winning-future?utm_source=022611&utm_medium=image&utm_campaign=daily] .

 [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/26/weekly-address-traveling-country-winning-future?utm_source=022611&utm_medium=image&utm_campaign=daily] 

Weekly Wrap Up

Small Business Forum: President Obama travels to Cleveland, Ohio, to visit the Winning the Future Forum on Small Business [http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/02/22/winning-future-forum-small-business-closing-session] . He met with dozens of small business leaders, and even stopped by a live online chat with Austan Goolsbee [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/24/what-i-heard-small-businesses-through-advise-advisor]  to answer your questions. Also, SBA Administrator Karen Mills chaired a breakout session on entrepreneurship [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/23/listening-small-businesses-president-s-forum-cleveland] .
Behind-the-Scenes Video: President Obama hosts a screening of Thurgood at the White House movie theater -- an HBO film about the life and   career of Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and the   first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Watch the video. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/02/24/white-house-screening-thurgood] 

Turmoil in Libya: President Obama says the violence in Libya is "outrageous" and "unacceptable,"   and that his Administration is looking at the "full range of options we   have to respond to this crisis." Watch the video. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/23/president-obama-speaks-turmoil-libya-violence-must-stop] 

The Energy of Entrepreneurs: Energy Secretary Steven Chu was also in Cleveland for the Small Business Forum, and met with innovators who are on the cutting edge of clean energy technology [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/24/energy-entrepreneurs] .

Council on Jobs and Competitiveness: The President attended the first meeting of his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Read about the meeting [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/24/president-his-council-jobs-and-competitiveness-my-main-purpose-here-today-first-meet] , and how the President is working with leaders from across all sectors   of the economy to create jobs and improve American prosperity.

West Wing Week: "Don't Bump My Atoms" [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/25/west-wing-week-dont-bump-my-atoms] .

The Commencement Challenge: The deadline for schools to apply [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/23/commencement-challenge-deadline-extended-march-11-have-you-applied-yet]  has been extended to March 11th, 2011. Tell us how your school is   preparing students for the economy of the future, and you could have   President Obama speak at your commencement.

A New Facebook Page: Kalpen Modi announces a new Facebook page [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/22/help-insurance-coverage-young-adults-facebook]  to help young adults find insurance coverage.

Black History Month: WhiteHouse.gov celebrates Black History Month with a series of blog posts [http://www.whitehouse.gov/black-history-month-2011]  highlighting the contributions of African Americans whose work is   helping to achieve the President's goals for winning the future.

More Visitors Records Online: The White House releases visitor records [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/25/white-house-visitor-records-online]  that were created in November 2010 or requested in January 2011 -- more than 1,000,000 records released to date.

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