8:01 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, hello, hello! (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat. I’ve got so many good friends in this magnificent setting that I don’t want to single anybody out, but…
Archive: April 20, 2010
5:30 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello! Good to see you! (Applause.) We’ve got a whole bunch of the congressional delegation — (applause) — you know who you are. (Laughter.) I see a whole bunch of supporters from way…
Earlier today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discussed the Administration’s interagency review of the U.S. export control system, which calls for fundamental reform of the current system in order to enhance U.S. national security and strengthen our ability to counter…
Washington, D.C. – Today, Vice President Biden announced that the Administration has issued a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter that withdraws a 2005 interpretation of Title IX policy. Enacted in 1972, Title IX mandates that any educational institution receiving federal funding for…
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Roger, thank you very much. And let me thank everyone who participated in the program this morning and for those putting on this program. It’s an honor to be here. Were I standing before you one year…
Obama to discuss jobs and the economy with rural families and businesses WASHINGTON, DC – The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Iowa, Missouri and Illinois on April 27 and 28 for the next stops on…
The elections held recently in Sudan were an essential step in a process laid out by Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The United States notes the initial assessment of independent electoral observers that Sudan’s elections did not meet international standards. Political…
Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Dorothy Height – the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans. Ever since she was denied entrance to college because the incoming…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Andrews Air Force Base 12:45 P.M. EDT MR. BURTON: Hey, guys, we good? Thank you all for joining us on the return flight home. Fire away. Q Goldman Sachs posted a near doubling in…
A PROCLAMATION In the fall of 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson announced plans for a national “environmental teach-in” — one day, each year, of action and advocacy for the environment. His words rallied our Nation, and the first Earth Day,…
