WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: • Walter Crawford Jones, United States Executive Director, African Development Bank • Leocadia I. Zak, Director, United States Trade and Development Agency President Obama…
Archive: November 13, 2009
8:24 P.M. JST PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA: (As translated.) President Obama, I would like to welcome you to Japan. I’d like to express my heartfelt welcome to you. It is very hard — despite the tragedy of the mass shooting in…
3:12 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. First of all, forgive me — I’ve got children, and now I have a cold. (Laughter.) It goes along with the territory. Let me begin by first thanking…
