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Archive: June 28, 2010

**Background Conference Call Today at 11 am** Today, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum to commit the Federal government to a sustained effort to make available 500 MHz of Federal and commercial spectrum over the next 10 years to foster…

“Mr. Chairman, the law school I had the good fortune to lead has a kind of motto, spoken each year at graduation.  We tell the new graduates that they are ready to enter a profession devoted to “those wise restraints…

I was saddened to hear this morning that the people of West Virginia have lost a true champion, the United States Senate has lost a venerable institution, and America has lost a voice of principle and reason with the passing…

On the margins of the Summit meetings in Canada this weekend, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper noted the historic February 2010 memorandum of understanding between Premier Gordon Campbell of British Columbia and Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana…

En los últimos cincuenta años, Estados Unidos ha sido líder del mundo en la exploración espacial y ha ampliado los horizontes de la humanidad y nuestro entendimiento del universo. Nuestros logros, a su vez, han llevado a fabulosos avances tecnológicos…

Today, President Obama announced the administration’s new National Space Policy.  The National Space Policy expresses the President’s direction for the Nation’s space activities.  The policy articulates the President’s commitment to reinvigorating U.S. leadership in space for the purposes of maintaining…

Over the past fifty years, America has led the world in space exploration, broadening humanity’s horizons and our understanding of the universe.  And our achievements have in turn led to incredible technological advances that have improved our lives and transformed…

On behalf of the American people, President Obama sends his condolences to the people of Lithuania on the death of former Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas.   President Brazauskas played a central role in the restoration of Lithuania’s independence with a deep…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Norman L. Eisen, Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Department of State Scot Marciel, Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Department of State…

Today, the President met with representatives from a broad range of community groups to discuss the ways in which his Administration is working with stakeholders around the country as well as members of Congress to craft a comprehensive approach that…