Category: Speeches

The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local response efforts in the area struck by Hurricane…

REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS FOLLOWED BY Q & A WITH STUDENTS Sichuan University Chengdu, China 10:40 A.M. (Local) THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all, very…

WASHINGTON— In this week’s address, President Obama spoke to the American people from the Corner Country Farm in Alpha, Illinois on the need to create jobs and strengthen the economy.…

VICE PRESIDENT XI: (As translated.) Vice President Biden, representatives of the business communities of the two countries, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it gives me great pleasure today to have…

PREMIER WEN: (As translated.) It’s a great pleasure to meet you today, Mr. Vice President. I note that we were born in the same year. You have spent about 35…

PRESIDENT HU: (As translated.) Honorable Vice President, it is a great pleasure to meet you again in just half a year’s time. I want to welcome you to pay this…

This week in Somalia, the terrorist group Al-Shabaab burst into a hospital in Mogadishu and kidnapped three aid workers who were treating innocent civilians injured by the fighting in that…

CHAIRMAN WU: Mr. Vice President, on behalf of the National People’s Congress of China, a very warm welcome. VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: It’s a delight to be here. CHAIRMAN WU: And…

VICE PRESIDENT XI: Honorable, Mr. Vice President, Joseph Biden, the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucious said, isn’t it delightful to welcome friends coming from afar? I would like to, again, extend…

The United States has taken a series of steps and actions to work toward putting an end to the Syrian government’s violence, arrests, and torture, supporting the Syrian people’s universal…