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Archive: October 1, 2010

12:45 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  So let’s — I don’t know, we’re missing a few folks, but they’ll be on their way.  Let me just do a quick week ahead and then I can answer your questions.  On Monday, the…

Esta tarde, el Presidente Obama habló con el Presidente Álvaro Colom de Guatemala para expresar su profundo lamento por el estudio realizado por el Servicio de Salud Pública de Estados Unidos en los años cuarenta sobre la inoculación contra enfermedades…

I want to congratulate Governor Schwarzenegger, Speaker Pérez, President Pro Tempore Steinberg and the members of the California State Legislature for passing and signing the bipartisan California Health Benefits Exchange legislation.   They are taking an important early step toward reforming…

The people of the United States join the people of the Republic of Cyprus in celebrating its 50 years of independence today.  This year also marks the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations between our countries, which are united by ties…

Ambitious Spending Targets Met; Cost-Savings Fund 3,000 Additional Job-Creating Projects   Washington, DC – As part of yesterday’s Economic Daily Briefing, Vice President Joe Biden delivered to the President a new report, “Progress Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…

“I am profoundly grateful to Admiral Thad Allen for his years of dedicated service to America, and particularly his outstanding leadership of the BP Oil Spill response effort.  At a time when he could have enjoyed a well-deserved retirement from…

President Obama called President Medvedev today to acknowledge the substantial progress that Russia and the United States have made in completing negotiations on a series of bilateral issues, which needed resolution before Russia joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). During…

“Estoy profundamente agradecido con el almirante Thad Allen por sus años de servicio dedicado a Estados Unidos, y en particular, por su sobresaliente liderazgo en los esfuerzos de respuesta al derrame de petróleo por BP. En un momento en que…

This afternoon, President Obama  spoke with President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala to express his deep regret regarding the study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service in the 1940s on sexually transmitted disease inoculation and to extend an apology to…

The United States welcomes the adoption today by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a resolution addressing the elimination of discrimination against women.  Most significantly, this resolution establishes a working group of five independent experts from different regions of…