Month: August 2013

NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO EXPORT CONTROL REGULATIONS On August 17, 2001, consistent with the authority provided to the…

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within the 90-day period…

2013 Marks 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s Establishment of the Presidential Medal of Freedom WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama named sixteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Major General Alfred Valenzuela, USA (Ret) – Member, World War I Centennial…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individual to a key Administration post: Bruce Cole – Member, Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission President Obama…

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

Oval Office 3:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I want to welcome Prime Minister Samaras and his delegation to the Oval Office and the United States. It goes without saying that…

NBC Studios Burbank, California 4:34 P.M. PDT Q Welcome the President of the United States — Barack Obama. (Applause.) Welcome back, sir. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. It’s good to be…

Today marks the 15th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s terrorist attacks against the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which killed innocent Americans and Africans. On this day,…

Following a careful review begun in July, we have reached the conclusion that there is not enough recent progress in our bilateral agenda with Russia to hold a U.S.-Russia Summit…