Month: July 2012

Vice President Biden and other Senior Administration Officials met today with a group of Arab-American thinkers and community leaders. In a wide-ranging discussion, members of the group shared their views…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: • Ranee Ramaswamy – Member, National Council on the Arts…

Via Conference Call 1:13 P.M. EDT MS. AUGUST: Great. Thank you so much, and thank you to everybody for joining the call today. All of you should already have the…

VFW Convention Hall Reno, Nevada 12:35 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Commander DeNoyer, thank you for your introduction, and your service…

Private Residence Piedmont, California 5:30 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, to Wayne and Quinn and all of you who are here, thank you. I have fond memories of being here.…

The President’s thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Oswaldo Payá, a tireless champion for greater civic and human rights in Cuba. Payá gave decades of his…

President Obama today named 96 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of West Virginia and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by…

On Monday, July 23, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 4155, the “Veterans Skills to Jobs Act,” which requires Federal agencies, when considering applicants for Federal licensure or certification,…

Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Sally Ride. As the first American woman to travel into space, Sally was a national hero and a…