Blair House 4:19 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. I want to officially welcome the South African delegation to this nuclear summit and thank President Zuma for his extraordinary leadership. So far today I’ve already met with Prime Minister…
Archive: April 11, 2010
Earlier today, President Obama welcomed President Jacob Zuma to Washington to discuss nuclear security, as well as other topics of mutual interest. The President acknowledged South Africa’s historical leadership in this arena, demonstrating its peaceful nuclear intentions by the dismantling…
President Obama welcomed Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to Washington today. The President expressed his appreciation for Nigeria’s participation in the Nuclear Security Summit and the opportunity to meet with Acting President Jonathan to discuss issues of mutual importance. Both…
President Obama today met with Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at Blair House on the margins of Pakistan’s participation in the Nuclear Security Summit. The President was joined by Secretary of State Clinton and the Prime Minister was joined…
President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met today on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C. The two leaders vowed to continue to strengthen the robust relationship between the people of their countries and…
At their meeting on April 11 in Washington, Presidents Nazarbayev and Obama discussed strengthening the strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan and pledged to intensify bilateral cooperation to promote nuclear safety and non-proliferation, regional stability in Central Asia,…
I join people here at home, in Israel, and around the world in observing Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, on the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, we must recommit ourselves to honoring the memories of…
BY BEN RHODES, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION, MIKE MCFAUL, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR RUSSIA AND THE CAUCASUS, LAURA HOLGATE, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR WMD TERRORISM, AND THREAT REDUCTION Via Conference Call 4:37 P.M. EDT MR. RHODES: Thanks, everybody, for…
A PROCLAMATION More than 200 years of history and significant current events have reinforced the strong bonds of friendship and common purpose among the nations and people of the Americas. The year 2010 marks the 80th anniversary of the first…
A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of those who perished in the mine explosion in Montcoal, West Virginia, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United…
