Category: Speeches

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Patricia Welbourn Lorsch – Member, Advisory Committee on the Arts for the…

As the Department of Defense has now announced, earlier this summer the President authorized an operation to attempt the rescue of American citizens who were kidnapped and held by ISIL…

Eleven years ago today, 22 humanitarian aid workers were killed in a horrific attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad. Their lives were cut short as they worked selflessly to…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with asterisks. 4:27 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Earlier today I received an update from…

Michelle and I send our deepest sympathies to the family of Senator James M. Jeffords on his passing. Jim devoted his life to service – as a Naval officer, a…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Jeanne E. Davidson to serve on the United States Court of International Trade. “I am proud to nominate this…

Jim Jeffords was a personal friend, a great senator, and a good man. He was not only beloved by the people of Vermont, but by anyone who ever worked with…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr., to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. “I…