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I congratulate President-elect Park Geun-hye on her success in the election held on Wednesday. I look forward to working closely with the Park Administration to further enhance our extensive cooperation with the Republic of Korea on a wide range of important bilateral, regional and global issues. The U.S.-ROK alliance serves as a linchpin of peace…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and ordered Federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Sandy during the period of October 27 to November 8, 2012. Federal funding is available to commonwealth and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit…

Below is a link to the President’s plan for how the Federal Government will responsibly share and safeguard information that enhances national security and protects the safety of the American people. You can read the plan “National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding” here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2012sharingstrategy_1.pdf  National security depends on our ability to share the right…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:02 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  It’s now been five days since the heartbreaking tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut; three days since we gathered as a nation to pray for the victims. And today, a few more of the 20 small children and six educators who were taken…

State Department Washington D.C. 6:57 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)   Well, good evening, everyone.  It is wonderful to see all of you. I want to publicly thank Deputy Secretary Bill Burns.  For those of you who don’t know, Bill is only the second career diplomat in American history to rise to the level…

The President has put a balanced, reasonable proposal on the table that achieves significant deficit reduction and reflects real compromise by meeting the Republicans halfway on revenue and more than halfway on spending from where each side started.  That is the essence of compromise.  The parameters of a deal are clear, and the President is…

On Tuesday, December 18, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 3187, the “March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2012,” which requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in recognition of the March of Dimes; H.R. 6582, the “American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act,” which modifies the Energy Policy and…

The President and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke today by video conference, as a part of their regular consultations on a range of strategic issues.  The Prime Minister took the opportunity to personally express his condolences to the community of Newtown and the American people regarding the tragic violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The…

President Obama spoke today with President Kagame to discuss the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  President Obama underscored that any support to the rebel group M23 is inconsistent with Rwanda’s desire for stability and peace. President Obama emphasized to President Kagame the importance of permanently ending all support to armed groups…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Richard J. Engler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, vice William E. Wright, term expired. Nicholas Christopher Geale, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1,…