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Archive: December 22, 2009

3:36 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA:  You guys have any questions?  You can have questions for Malia and Sasha, too. Q    How will the holidays be different for you this year? MRS. OBAMA:  How will the holidays — what do you…

11:52 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  All right, everybody.  Well, it’s good to see all of you.  I just concluded a meeting with 12 regional community banks to have the same conversation that I had with some of the larger banks…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated William N. Nettles to be US Attorney for the District of South Carolina.  Nettles is currently an attorney at Sanders & Nettles LLC in Columbia, South Carolina. “William Nettles’ legal career has been…

WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama today nominated Judge J. Michelle Childs and Richard Mark Gergel to the District Court bench for the District of South Carolina.  Childs currently sits on the South Carolina Circuit Court and Gergel is a principal…

Earlier today, the Vice President spoke to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko.   They discussed the economic situation in Ukraine and the opportunities for Ukraine to move forward with political and economic reforms after its 2010 Presidential elections.  The Vice President…

Earlier today, the Vice President spoke to Romanian President Traian Basescu.  The Vice President congratulated President Basescu on his recent re-election and on the state of Romania’s democracy on the 20th anniversary of the Romanian revolution.   The Vice President and…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate John Nalbandian as a member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute. President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual today: John Nalbandian,…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Beatrice Hanson, Director, Office of Victims of Crime, Department of Justice Daniel Becker, Member, Board of Directors of the State Justice…

“Michelle and I wish to express our deepest condolences on the passing of Mrs. Ann Nixon Cooper. From her beginnings in Shelbyville and Nashville, Tennessee to her many years as a pillar of the Atlanta community, Ann lived a life…

10:25 A.M. EST MR. GIBBS:  Hello, guys.  Good morning.  I thought — last week we did a sort of happy hour briefing — today we’d do sort of a brunch briefing.  Welcome to the last press briefing of the year. …