Obama to deliver farewell address in Chicago on Jan 10

January 02, 2017 19:29

US President Barack Obama on Monday said that he will deliver his farewell address to the nation on January 10 from his home city of Chicago, thanking the American people for the "amazing journey" he had during the last eight years.

"I'm thinking about them as a chance to say thank you for this amazing journey, to celebrate the ways you've changed this country for the better these past eight years, and to offer some thoughts on where we all go from Washington," Obama said in a statement.

Obama, 55, said he was following the precedent set by George Washington, who penned a farewell address to the American people over 220 years ago, the CNN reported.

George W Bush also delivered a farewell address in 2009 from the White House.

"Since 2009, we've faced our fair share of challenges, and come through them stronger," Obama said.

"That's because we have never let go of a belief that has guided us ever since our founding -- our conviction that, together, we can change this country for the better."

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