PRESS BRIEFING BY CAPTAIN ANDREW STEVERMER, COMMANDER OF THE INCIDENT RESPONSE COORDINATION TEAM FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE Via Conference Call 2:14 P.M. EST MR. STONEKING: Thank you. Good morning, ladies…
Archive: January 20, 2010
2:15 P.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Packed house. Ms. Loven. What do you guys want to talk about? (Laughter.) Q Maybe, I don’t know, an election in the Northeast? Q — currency exchange rate? (Laughter.) MR. GIBBS: Go ahead. Q The…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama will direct the Office of Management and Budget, together with the Treasury Department and other federal agencies, to take steps to block contractors who are delinquent on their taxes from receiving new government contracts.…
Welcoming Visitors to the People’s House on the One Year Anniversary of the Inauguration On January 21, 2009, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama entered the White House and signaled their commitment to creating a more open and accessible…
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. …
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…
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 – 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 – 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…
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…
