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Archive: April 28, 2011

4:26 P.M. EDT       PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, I want to welcome President Martinelli to the Oval Office, to the White House.  As I think all of you know, the relationship between the United States and Panama is a historical relationship,…

3:13 P.M. EDT       THE PRESIDENT:  Everybody, please have a seat.       Good afternoon, everybody.  I want to begin by saying a few words about the devastating storms that have ripped through the southeastern United States.  The loss of life…

11:02 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Hi.  Hi, Rishi.  How are you?  Thank you.  Thanks so much.  All right, how are you guys doing? AUDIENCE:  Good. MRS. OBAMA:  Tell me what you’ve been doing today.  (Inaudible.)  We’ll do raising hands.  How…

9:49 P.M. EDT        THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, New York!  Thank you.  How is everybody doing tonight?  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  All right, everybody — everybody, have a seat, have a seat. …

9:08 P.M. EDT        THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, hello, hello!  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Everybody, have a seat. Thank you.  Thank you.  My name is Barack Obama.  I was born in Hawaii.  (Laughter and applause.)  I’m President…

6:05 P.M. EDT        THE PRESIDENT:  I’m going to use a mic just because we’ve got two rooms.  Everybody please have a seat.  Sit down, sit down.        I’m among a lot of friends and I, first of…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding beginning on April 15,…

The White House Oficina del Secretario de Prensa ______________________________________________________________________________ PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 28 de abril, 2010 Información sobre la reunión del Presidente con hispanos influyentes sobre la necesidad de arreglar el sistema fallido de inmigración En una reunión hoy en…

In a meeting in the Roosevelt Room today, the President and Senior Administration officials met with influential Hispanics from across the country to discuss the importance of fixing the broken immigration system for our nation’s 21st century economic and security…

Today, the U.S. District Court approved the settlement reached by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice with the plaintiffs in the Keepseagle class action lawsuit.  This is yet another important step forward in addressing an unfortunate chapter…