President Barack Obama this morning released a special early weekly address in honor of Thanksgiving, expressing gratitude to the troops and their families, acknowledging the tough economic times for many Americans this year, and vowing to continue to work to solve the nation's problems in the year ahead.

But we cannot rest – and my administration will not rest – until we have revived this economy and rebuilt it stronger than before; until we are creating jobs and opportunities for middle class families; until we have moved beyond the cycles of boom and bust – of reckless risk and speculation – that led us to so much crisis and pain these past few years.

And amidst the good wishes for the holiday, the President made a couple of promises about the immediate future and what Americans can expect, and what we can hope for when Thanksgiving 2010 rolls around:

Next week, I’ll be meeting with owners of large and small businesses, labor leaders, and non-for-profits from across the country, to talk about the additional steps we can take to help spur job creation. I will work with the Congress to enact them quickly. And it is my fervent hope – and my heartfelt expectation – that next Thanksgiving we will be able to celebrate the fact that many of those who have lost their jobs are back at work, and that as a nation we will have come through these difficult storms stronger and wiser and grateful to have reached a brighter day.

The full address can be found beneath the fold or on the White House website.