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The White House

MONDAY: President Obama to Deliver Major Speech on the Financial Crisis

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                                 September 10, 2009
MONDAY: President Obama to Deliver Major Speech on the Financial Crisis
WASHINGTON, DC- One year to the day after Lehman Brothers collapsed and precipitated a financial crisis that reverberated across the globe, President Obama will deliver a major speech on the financial crisis at Federal Hall in New York City at midday on Monday. He will discuss the aggressive steps the Administration has taken to bring the economy back from the brink, the commitment to winding down the government's role in the financial sector and the actions the United States and the global community must take to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again.
Monday, September 14th
Federal Hall
26 Wall Street
New York, New York
Media Coverage: The event will be pooled for television, expanded pool for still cameras, and open to correspondents. Space is limited and not all credentialing requests can be honored.
Media interested in covering the remarks, should email media_affairs@who.eop.gov by 5:00PM EDT on Friday, September 11th to request credentials.