Month: June 2014

National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met yesterday with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore at the White House. Ambassador Rice and Prime Minister Lee discussed our excellent bilateral…

President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Federative Republic of Brazil to attend the Final Match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Rio…

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE June 26, 2014 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear…

Thirty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention Against Torture. Three years later, on this very day, the Convention entered into effect, memorializing the international community’s condemnation…

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2014 Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed Fiscal…

The Administration’s Fiscal Year 2015 Overseas Contingency Operations budget request to Congress builds on the President’s West Point Speech to seek the resources necessary to build, facilitate and strengthen the…

Today, Massachusetts joins a growing coalition of states that have taken up the President’s call to increase wages and ensure no American working full-time has to support a family in…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Christopher Hart – Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board John W. Leslie,…

Today, the Vice President met with faith leaders and refugee advocates for a roundtable discussion on the influx of unaccompanied minors migrating to the southwest border of the United States.…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III, Robert Lee Pitman, and Robert William Schroeder III to serve on the United States…