President Obama addresses U.N. climate change summit

Obama at the UN
President Barack Obama addresses the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.
AP Photo/Konishi Taro, Japan Pool

President Barack Obama declared that the United States is a serious partner in combating global warming. The president spoke today at a high-level climate summit convened at the United Nations in New York.

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