President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Mary B. DeRosa, Representative of the United States of America to the…
Statement by the Press Secretary on John Brennan’s Meeting with President Salih of Yemen
Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan met Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Salih in Riyadh today to wish the President a speedy recovery from injuries he…
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Working Together to Meet our Fiscal Challenges
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Obama called on both parties to come together during this unique moment to find a significant, balanced approach to deficit reduction that lets…
Statement of President Barack Obama Recognition of the Republic of South Sudan
I am proud to declare that the United States formally recognizes the Republic of South Sudan as a sovereign and independent state upon this day, July 9, 2011. After so…
Statement from White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer on Budget Negotiations
“The President believes that solving our fiscal problems is an economic imperative. But in order to do that, we cannot ask the middle-class and seniors to bear all the burden…
Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 7/8/2011 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
11:39 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to an earlier than usual briefing on this Friday. I have no opening announcements to make, so I’ll go…
Statement by the President on the Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
Today, Americans across the country watched with pride as four of our fellow citizens blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in the Space Shuttle Atlantis, and America reached for…
President Obama Nominates Joseph H. Gale to the United States Tax Court
WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama announced today his intent to nominate Joseph H. Gale as a Judge to the United States Tax Court for a second term. “Joseph has demonstrated…
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Michael A. Hammer, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of State Charles…
President Obama Signs Arkansas Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe…