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President Barack Obama Pens Thank You Letter To The Nation

Live Stream President Obama's Farewell Address

President Barack Obama penned a good-bye letter to the United States of America. The letter, which was posted to Medium, was titled "Thank You." Obama wrote about his experiences as President and how it has transformed him into a "better man." Last week, President Obama gave his farewell address in Chicago, instead of the White House. Singer-songwriter BJ The Chicago Kid opened up the evening by singing the National Anthem. If you missed it, head here to watch. Obama's "Thank You" letter runs at about 400 words long and was hopeful in tone, despite the incoming President's consistently hateful rhetoric. Obama closed out the letter by writing:

"All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into that work — the joyous work of citizenship. Not just when there’s an election, not just when our own narrow interest is at stake, but over the full span of a lifetime.

I’ll be right there with you every step of the way.

And when the arc of progress seems slow, remember: America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We the People.’ ‘We shall overcome.’

Yes, we can.

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>>>Read President Barack Obama's letter in full by heading to Medium.