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Archive: November 23, 2010

2:00 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Hello, folks, how are you?  (Applause.) Good to see you all.  Good to be back in an automobile plant, making things.  (Applause.)  Hey, thank you all very much.  We’re delighted to be here and…

The President called King Abdullah bin Adb al-Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia today to convey his best wishes for a full and quick recovery from medical treatment that the King is receiving in the United States.  Both leaders reaffirmed…

Upon his return to the White House, President Obama attended a meeting of his senior national security team on the situation on the Korean peninsula. The President was briefed by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Secretaries Clinton and Gates, Ambassador…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Institutes of Health announced findings on recent HIV prevention research.  The study finds that a daily dose of an oral antiretroviral drug taken by HIV-negative gay and bisexual men reduced the risk of acquiring…

Earlier today North Korea conducted an artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong.  We are in close and continuing contact with our Korean allies. The United States strongly condemns this attack and calls on North Korea to halt…

      11:17 A.M. EST       MR. BURTON:  Okay, ready to go.       Q    Does the President consider North Korea’s actions an act of war?       MR. BURTON:  As you know, the President is outraged by these actions.  And as we…

MEMORANDUM FOR DR. AMY GUTMANN Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues SUBJECT:    Review of Human Subjects Protection Recently, we discovered that the U.S. Public Health Service conducted research on sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala from 1946 to…