http://www.michigan.gov/ en Copyright 2009 - State Of Michigan Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:11:57 EST http://www.michigan.gov/podcast http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.michigan.gov/documents/gov/Gov179_Full_261960_7.mp3 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST When President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his first Inaugural Address in 1933, the nation had been suffering through the Great Depression for more than three years. Financial institutions were failing, homes and farms were being foreclosed, tens of thousands of citizens were losing their jobs each month. In that speech, President Roosevelt told Americans, "This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor should we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today." http://www.michigan.gov/documents/gov/Gov179_Full_261960_7.mp3