Month: April 2011

US-Colombia Business Partnership “The member companies of the US-Colombia Business Partnership strongly support the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and call for its prompt consideration and passage… The USCBP believes increased…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the…

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: David S. Johanson, Member, United States International Trade Commission Sean Robert Mulvaney,…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Member, Board of Trustees of the Institute of American…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Member, Board of Trustees of the Institute of American…

Seventeen years ago today, the world watched as an unimaginable slaughter began to unfold in Rwanda. One hundred horrific days later, more than 800,000 innocent people—men, women, and children—lay dead…

The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by flooding…

PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is my great pleasure to welcome President Santos and the rest of the delegation from Colombia here to the White House. I had the pleasure of meeting…

THE PRESIDENT: I just completed another meeting with Speaker Boehner and Leader Reid, and I wanted to report again to the American people that we made some additional progress this…