Month: April 2015

The Vice President and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spoke on the phone this morning to review joint efforts to advance dialogue and cooperation between the United States and Brazil on…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Phoenix, Arizona 10:45 A.M. PDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force one en route to Phoenix, where the President later today will host a…

Phoenix VA Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona 1:16 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank everyone who is here not just about this particular facility or this particular state, but…

Gilbert, Arizona 2:40 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: Well, I just thought I’d stop by — I was in the neighborhood and I heard there was a barbecue going on. (Laughter.)…

Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss the implementation of the Minsk agreements of September 2014 and February 2015. Both leaders expressed their support…

“It’s the single-most significant and direct way to measure the character of a nation — when violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret, when everyone…

Roosevelt Room 11:51 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the Council of the Great City Schools. This is an organization that represents the superintendents, the board members and…

Via Conference Call 3:32 P.M. EDT MS. GONZALEZ: Thank you, everyone, for joining this on-the-record conference call to discuss the First Lady’s upcoming trip to Japan and Cambodia. We are…

President Obama will host Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House on Friday, April 17. Italy is a valued NATO ally and partner on a broad range of…

Tokyo, Japan; Kyoto, Japan; Siem Reap, Cambodia *Updated with additional event information for the First Lady’s visit to Tokyo. In case you missed it: Read the First Lady’s Op-Ed “Let’s…