a Real Presidents-Cabinet Exit Memos: Our Record of Progress and the Work Ahead-JAN 2017

[Sunlei]

As we look back on the past eight years, President Obama asked each member of his Cabinet to write an Exit Memo on the progress we’ve made, their vision for the country’s future, and the work that remains in order to achieve that vision. Read President Obama’s cover letter to the American people, then explore each of the Cabinet Exit Memos.

To my fellow Americans,

Eight years ago, America faced a moment of peril unlike any we’d seen in decades.

A spiraling financial crisis threatened to plunge an economy in recession into a deep depression. The very heartbeat of American manufacturing – the American auto industry – was on the brink of collapse. In some communities, nearly one in five Americans were out of work. Nearly 180,000 American troops were serving in harm’s way in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the mastermind of the worst terror attack on American soil remained at large. And on challenges from health care to climate change, we’d been kicking the can down the road for way too long.























We will have to move forward as we always have – together. As a people who believe that out of many, we are one; that we are bound not by any one race or religion, but rather an adherence to a common creed; that all of us are created equal in the eyes of God. And I’m confident we will. Because the change we’ve brought about these past eight years was never about me. It was about you. It is you, the American people, who have made the progress of the last eight years possible. It is you who will make our future progress possible. That, after all, is the story of America – a story of progress. However halting, however incomplete, however harshly challenged at each point on our journey – the story of America is a story of progress.

Recently, I asked each member of my talented and dedicated Cabinet to prepare a detailed report on the progress we’ve made across the board these past eight years, and the work that remains to make this country we love even stronger. Today, I’m sharing them with you. And I hope you’ll share them with others, and do your part to build on the progress we’ve made across the board.

It has been the privilege of my life to serve as your President. And as I prepare to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen, I’m proud to say that we have laid a new foundation for America. A new future is ours to write. And I’m as confident as ever that it will be led by the United States of America – and that our best days are still ahead.


Sincerely,



Cabinet Exit Memos and the rest of President Obama's Letter right here- https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/

[bluecollar2]

1. kick and bookmarked for later.

[Sunlei]

2. yes, the arcives will be there forever, it's a wealth of reference for OUR Federal government.09-17.

[Vinca]

3. I think I'll print this and hang it on the wall as a reminder of a time we had a sane POTUS.

[Sunlei]

4. A Real President and a real hard working Cabinet in the White House. These are real achievements.

Eight years of hard work to get almost ALL our military out of Iraq and Afghanistan. eight years to lower unemployment rate from 10% !!! to LESS then half. from 50% uninsured to 10% uninsured!

Hillary Clinton Leadership would have continued this progress, these things good for all Americans.