Month: August 2011

WASHINGTON – Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Maria Lombardo – Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation…

“The United States is committed to working with our allies, and to strengthening our own internal capabilities, in order to ensure that the United States and the international community are…

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, August 11, the President will travel to Holland, Michigan, to tour the Johnson Controls Inc. advanced battery facility. While at Johnson Controls, the President will highlight…

The Vice President will depart for China, Mongolia, and Japan on August 16, 2011. He will visit China at the invitation of Vice President Xi Jinping – the first of…

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, August 9, the President will travel to Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Virginia, to announce first of their kind fuel efficiency standards for work trucks, buses,…

The President today made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Arizona by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in theSovereign…

I’m pleased that leaders in Congress are working together to break the impasse involving the FAA so that tens of thousands of construction workers and others can go back to…

THE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously, this has been an eventful last few days. As I have said yesterday, we have now averted what could have been a disastrous blow to the…

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Chicago! (Applause.) Oh, it is good to be with some good friends! (Applause.) This is a warm welcome right here. (Applause.) Let me first of all say…

Below is a link to the President’s plan for how the Federal Government will support and help empower American communities and their local partners to prevent violent extremism. You can…