Category: Speeches
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Actions to Protect Communities from the Health Impacts of Climate Change at White House Summit
President Obama is committed to combating the impacts of climate change and protecting the health of future generations. We know climate change is not a distant threat, we are already seeing impacts in communities across the country. In the past three decades, the percentage of Americans with asthma has more than doubled, and climate change is…
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Zimbabwean Dictator Mugabe will Propose to Obama, Mozambique Decriminalizes Homeosexuality
Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe recently made a sarcastic remark directed at President Obama. This was related to the Supreme Court’s decision of legalizing gay marriage in the United States. In clearly demonstrating an anti-homosexual stance in a radio interview with ZBC, Mugabe said, “I’ve just concluded since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual…
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Expected Attendees at the White House Iftar Dinner
This evening, President Obama will continue a White House tradition by hosting an Iftar in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the East Room. This is the seventh Iftar, the traditional breaking of the fast at sunset, hosted by the President. This year’s dinner will have a special focus on young leaders…
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Statement by the President
I commend the Rhode Island Legislature and Governor Raimondo for once again taking action to raise their state’s minimum wage. Since I first called on Congress to increase the federal minimum wage in 2013, 17 states have acted on their own, which will grow the paychecks of millions of American workers. Many private companies have…
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Obama Administration Releases Report on the Health and Economic Benefits of Global Action on Climate Change
President Obama is committed to protecting the health of future generations from the impacts of climate change. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a report quantifying the vast economic, health, and environmental benefits that reducing global carbon pollution will have on the United States, reinforcing the need to act with a sense of…
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Executive Order — Amendment to Executive Order 11155, Awards for Special Capability in Career and Technical Education
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 11155, AWARDS FOR SPECIAL CAPABILITY IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered that section 2 of Executive Order 11155 of…
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Letter — Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is…
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Notice — Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Western Balkans
NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the President declared a national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to…
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Letter — Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is…
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Notice — Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to North Korea
NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President declared a national emergency with respect to North Korea pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat…