Month: April 2014

Earlier this afternoon, the President met with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Commander-in-Chief William A. “Bill” Thien and Executive Director Bob Wallace in the Oval Office. The President started the…

On Monday, April 7, 2014, the President signed into law: H.R. 4275, the “Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act,” which amends the funding rules for multiple employer defined…

Today the Senate acted in a bipartisan way to reinstate emergency unemployment insurance for 2.3 million Americans who depend on it as they search for work. As I’ve said time…

We join with the people of Rwanda in marking twenty years since the beginning of the genocide that took the lives of so many innocents and which shook the conscience…

WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President highlighted the important differences between the budget he’s put forward – built on opportunity for all – and the budget House…

On behalf of the American people, I congratulate the millions of Afghans who enthusiastically participated in today’s historic elections, which promise to usher in the first democratic transfer of power…

Oval Office 2:10 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it’s a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Jomaa here to the Oval Office. Several years ago, a fruit vendor in Tunisia…

In their meeting today at the White House, President Obama and Prime Minister Jomaa reaffirmed the strategic partnership between the United States and Tunisia. The two leaders discussed the historic…

Today, the President declared a major disaster in the State of Oregon and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by the severe…

Vice President Biden dropped by a meeting today at the White House with two of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, former Legislative Council member Martin Lee and former Chief Secretary…