3:18 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the White House. Thank you, Tammy, for the kind introduction, but more importantly, for your extraordinary service to our country in Iraq, in Illinois, and now as…
Archive: May 4, 2011
7:25 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. You are very gracious. (Applause.) As my grandfather Finnegan would say — (laughter) — if there’s one audience in the entire world that would know that…
The President tonight declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on April 22, 2011, and…
The President tonight declared an emergency exists in the State of Tennessee and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on April 26, 2011, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes…
The President tonight declared an emergency exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on April 27, 2011, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes…
On May 20, the President will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a meeting at the White House. The leaders look forward to discussing the full range of issues of mutual interest to the United States and Israel.
The President welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the White House today, affirming the strength and depth of the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom. The President thanked His Royal Highness for the important…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: · Laura A. Cordero, Member, Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation · Barbara McQuiston, Assistant Secretary of Defense…
Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Anthony Frank D’Agostino, of Maryland, to be a Director of the Securities…
WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Judge Christopher Droney for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Droney currently serves as a United States District Judge for Connecticut. “At every step of his…
