8:03 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Please — thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Good evening, all of you. On behalf of Michelle and myself, I just want to welcome everybody to the…
Archive: May 2, 2011
4:02 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, Kelly. Thank you, Dean. Welcome to the White House. (Applause.) How many of you have been this close to the White House? Pretty cool, huh? Well, let me tell you it is…
12:08 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Please be seated. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. To our many guests from Hawaii, aloha. And thank you, Chaplain Carver, for that wonderful invocation. I think…
11:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and associated flooding beginning on April 23, 2011,…
Since yesterday’s operation, the President spoke with numerous world leaders who expressed their congratulations on the successful American action to kill Osama bin Laden, which will make both the United States and the world more secure. Each of the President’s…
Message on African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty (pdf) Message on South Pacific Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty (pdf) Today the President submitted the Protocols to the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty and the South Pacific Nuclear Weapon Free…
On behalf of the American people, I send my best wishes to all who celebrate Polish Constitution Day — here in America, in Poland and around the world. Since adopting their Constitution in 1791, the Polish people have endured tremendous…
I join people here at home, in Israel, and around the world in commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day and in honoring the memory of all those who suffered, died and lost loved ones in one of the most barbaric acts in…
2:00 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I just wanted to make one point before we get started. I have with me today John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. And he…
