Secretary Locke, Cabinet and Government Officials Participate in President's National Conversation on Fatherhood Panel

[4]U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke joined a panel discussion on President Barack Obama's National Conversation on Fatherhood today in Washington. The conversation is intended to address the challenge of father absence in many communities by encouraging personal responsibility among dads across the country and assessing how we can all work together–individuals, community and faith-based organizations, and the government–to strengthen families and support father involvement. Following the panel discussion, President Obama concluded the first year of this National Conversation with a speech at a community organization in Washington, D.C.   Obama remarks [5]   Obama YouTube video [6]   Fatherhood.gov [7]   En español [8]