Presidential Nomination Sent to the Senate
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Robert S. Mueller, III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term expiring September 4, 2013. (Reappointment)
Remarks by the President
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. I wanted to give you an update on the current situation around the debt ceiling. I just got a call about a half hour ago…
Remarks at White House Release of Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime South Court
MR. BRENNAN: Good morning, everyone. My name is John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security. And I am pleased to welcome you here this morning for…
Remarks by the President to the National Council of La Raza Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you so much. (Applause.) What an extraordinary crowd. Thank you. Please have a seat. It is good to be back with NCLR. (Applause.) It is…
Remarks by the President in Welcoming the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants East Room
THE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, everybody. Have a seat, have a seat. This is a party. Welcome to the White House, and congratulations to the Giants on winning your first World…
Address by the President to the Nation
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I want to talk about the debate we’ve been having in Washington over the national debt — a debate that directly affects the lives of…
Release of the Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
Transnational organized crime refers to those self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal…
FACT SHEET: Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
“This Strategy is organized around a single, unifying principle: to build, balance, and integrate the tools of American power to combat transnational organized crime and related threats to our national…
Background on President Obama’s Address at NCLR Annual Conference Luncheon
President Obama will address the largest nationalLatino civil rights and advocacy organization in America at their Annual Conference luncheon on Monday July 25th in Washington, DC. More than 25,000 participants…
President Obama Signs Kentucky Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe…