5:27 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! All right, everybody have a seat. I got a lot to say here. (Laughter.) First of all, I want to just thank Becky Patton for the extraordinary work that she has done on…
Archive: June 16, 2010
2:25 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I just concluded a constructive meeting with BP’s chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, and I raised two issues at the meeting. First was the containment of the oil that is still spewing into the…
2:25 P.M. EDT El Presidente: Buenas tardes a todos. Acabo de tener una reunión muy constructiva con el presidente de BP, Carl-Henric Svanberg, y planteé dos temas en la reunión. En primer lugar, cómo contener el petróleo que…
Dear Madam Speaker: On May 21, 2010, I signed Executive Order 13543 establishing the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to provide for a comprehensive look at how the oil and gas industry operates…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Suzan D. Johnson Cook, of New York, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, vice John V. Hanford III, resigned. Judith R. Fergin, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service,…
INDEPENDENT CLAIMS FACILITY A new, independent claims process will be created with the mandate to be fairer, faster, and more transparent in paying damage claims by individuals and businesses. To assure independence, Kenneth Feinberg, who previously administered the September 11th …
3:10 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: So we’re going to do this in a little bit different order. We’re going to start today with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey to announce a…
