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WASHINGTON, DC – On February 15, 2013, President Obama will welcome to the White House the recipients of the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor. “It is…
WASHINGTON, DC—In this week’s address, President Obama urged Congress to act to avoid a series of harmful and automatic cuts—called a sequester—from going into effect that would hurt our economy…
THE PRESIDENT: In the years between the world wars, a young married couple in Italy packed up what few belongings that they had and boarded a boat for a new…
At a governors’ dinner at the White House, President Obama praised the governors for their work while also reiterating that “we’ve got more work to do”. With Congress deadlocked over…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Raymond T. Chen and Todd M. Hughes to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ” Raymond T. Chen and…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Raymond T. Chen, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, vice Richard Linn, retired. Todd M. Hughes, of the District…
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please have a seat. Mark, thank you for that introduction. I thought he was going to talk about my gray hair. (Laughter.) It is…
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Xavier, thank you for that very gracious introduction and your outstanding leadership. Let me begin by saying that…
WASHINGTON, DC – White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) Director Cecilia Muñoz, Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Alan Bersin and Acting Associate Attorney…
THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Ken Salazar likes to say that the Department of the Interior is actually the Department of America. Other members of my Cabinet may not…