Intercontinental Downtown Hotel Toronto, Canada 4:45 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT HU: (As translated.) Your Excellency, Mr. President, I am very pleased to see you again. If I remember correctly, this is our sixth meeting. In April this…
Archive: June 26, 2010
Intercontinental Downtown Hotel Toronto, Canada 4:16 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I just had an excellent discussion with President Lee and his team. Obviously we are marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War and the extraordinary friendship…
Intercontinental Downtown Hotel Toronto, Canada 3:18 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right, everybody set up? Careful. Don’t hurt each other. PRIME MINISTER CAMERON: — upsetting the beer, so work together here. (Laughter.) PRESIDENT OBMAA: Let…
With Congress having finalized a strong Wall Street reform bill, the President urges Congress to finish the job and send the bill to his desk. The legislation reflects 90% of what the President originally proposed, including the strongest consumer financial…
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the United Nations’ Convention Against Torture, one of the foremost international human rights documents. The United States was a leader in the document’s drafting, and remains dedicated to supporting its principles at home and…
Attached is the G-8 Leaders statement on Countering Terrorism. Statement from G-8 Leaders on Countering Terrorism (pdf)
Attached is the G-8 leaders declaration following the G-8 Summit in Muskoka, Canada. G-8 Muskoka Declaration (pdf)
President Obama and President Mills are eagerly anticipating the World Cup match between the United States and Ghana this afternoon. They reaffirm the strong ties between the people of our two countries, including our shared passion on the soccer field,…
Muskoka, 26 June 2010 We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chair countries, France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America, reaffirm our commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic…
President Obama recognizes that the threat of nuclear proliferation constitutes one of the gravest national security issues confronting the United States. Since taking office, he has sought to strengthen and revitalize the global nonproliferation and disarmament regime. Based on the…
