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The Clinton Foundation announced Sunday that President Obama will appear at the this year's sixth-annual Clinton Global Initiative summit in New York City.

Obama will introduce First Lady Michelle Obama before her speech to the closing plenary on Sept. 23.

He attended the meeting and addressed the group last year.

"I'm pleased that President Obama will participate in our sixth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative," former president Bill Clinton said in a statement. "He'll be joining more than 64 heads of state from around the world, and hundreds of business leaders, directors of nongovernmental organizations, and Nobel Laureates, among others, who have made commitments to take action on pressing issues."

Clinton was also on hand Sunday to discuss the summit's focus for this year.

"This year we'll be focusing a lot on the economic challenges facing people all around the world, including in the United States," he told CBS's "Face the Nation." "As always, we'll have a lot of emphasis on education and on bringing the benefits of technology to people who don't have them."

The group, founded in 2005, aims to bring together leaders to "devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges."

This year's prominent guests will include Secretary of State Clinton, former First Lady Laura Bush, Cherie Blair, Melinda Gates, and White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, among hundreds of other political, corporate and media leaders.