10:06 A.M. EST MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Good morning. Good night. (Laughter.) Before we take and do our regularly scheduled program, John Brennan — who you all know as the President’s chief counterterror and homeland security advisor — is…
Archive: December 22, 2010
BACKGROUND ON THE PRESIDENT’S DON’T ASK DON’T TELL REPEAL BILL SIGNING TODAY US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR In the morning, the President and the Vice President will deliver remarks and the President will sign into law the Don’t Ask Don’t…
On Wednesday, December 22, 2010, the President signed into law: H.R. 3082, which provides FY 2011 appropriations through Friday, March 4, 2011, for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government by further amending Public Law (P.L.) 111-242, the…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Vermont and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe storm during the period of December 1-5, 2010. …
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Agnes Gund, Member, National Council on the Arts President Obama also announced his intent to appoint John Casteen as a…
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Brasilia to attend the Inauguration of Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff as President of the Federative Republic of Brazil on January 1, 2011. The Honorable Hillary Rodham…
On behalf of the American people, I congratulate the people of Guinea as they witness the inauguration of their first democratically elected President since becoming an independent state in 1958. Just over a year ago, the world’s attention was drawn…
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Agnes Gund, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2016. (New Position)
On Wednesday, December 22, 2010, the President signed into law: S. 30, which makes it illegal to cause any caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or…
The President called President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria this afternoon to discuss the crisis in Cote d’Ivoire. The President congratulated President Jonathan for Nigeria’s resolute leadership in standing squarely behind the people of Cote d’Ivoire and insisting that the internationally-recognized…
