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Archive: January 20, 2010

4:07 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you.  Please sit.  Hello, everyone, and welcome to the White House. I’m thrilled to be here with all of you as we celebrate National Mentoring Month.  Mentors have played an incredibly important role in…

10:14 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Before I start, let me introduce the folks behind me:  obviously the Vice President.  In addition, we’ve got Senator Claire McCaskill, Congressman Ed Towns, Congressman Brad Ellsworth.  We’ve got Douglas Shulman, who’s…

WASHINGTON, DC – Hoy, el Presidente Obama dará instrucciones a la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto (Office of Management and Budget), así como al Departamento del Tesoro y otras agencias federales, para que tomen medidas a fin de impedir que…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal…

NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 12947, the President declared a national emergency…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Katherine G. Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment), Department of Defense Theodore Sedgwick, Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Department…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Stephanie A. Finley, Robert Booth Goodwin, David J. Hale, Kerry B. Harvey and Loretta E. Lynch to serve as U.S. Attorneys. “For their intellect, diligence and aggressive pursuit of justice, I have nominated…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Jon DeGuilio, Judge Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, Judge Lucy H. Koh, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson and Judge Tanya Walton Pratt to be United States District Court judges. “I am honored to nominate these five distinguished…

Washington, DC – Vice President Joe Biden issued the following statement today:  “We welcome and support the continued contributions of George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn and William Perry to our nation’s security.  For decades, the leadership of these eminent…

This afternoon, President Obama will celebrate National Mentoring Month by welcoming a group of new mentees into the White House mentoring program, a year-long program that pairs young men and women from area high schools with White House staffer mentors. …