This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.

Search form

1:46

A Letter to the President: Rebekah

June 23, 2014

The President reads a letter from Rebekah, a hardworking mom from Minneapolis who wrote to the President about what she sees, what she thinks needs changing, and her struggle to get ahead. The President chose to highlight Rebekah's story because it is representative of the experiences of millions of Americans: While our economy's made a comeback, too many Americans are still stretched too thin and the President knows there's more work to do.