Obama's weekly address: Sacrifice

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
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EMBARGOED UNTIL 6:00 AM ET, SATURDAY, May 23, 2009

WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Calls on All Americans to Honor the Service of the Troops and Their Families

WASHINGTON – On this Memorial Day weekend, President Barack Obama called on the American people to join him in paying tribute to America’s veterans, servicemen and women – particularly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice - and their families. America’s troops and their families embody what is best in America, and the American people have a responsibility to serve them as well as they have served us.

The audio and video will be available at 6:00am Saturday, May 23, 2009 at

www.whitehouse.gov.

GOP rebuttal:

GOP Address: Barrasso Support "Red, White And Blue Jobs" For Energy
In this weekend's Republican YouTube, address Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) also thanked the troops on Memorial Day weekend -- and then proceeded to attack the Democrats on energy issues:

"Democrats have focused solely on what they call green jobs," said Barrasso. "Those are jobs from alternative energy. I support green jobs, but why discriminate? American energy means American jobs, which is why I support red, white, and blue jobs."

Here Obama's weekly address video: