12:20 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, everyone. I want to see if I see anyone out there who came with us to Texas yesterday. It was a long — were you there? Q On the…
Archive: May 11, 2011
President Obama will welcome Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to the White House on Friday, May 13. The President and the Secretary General will discuss NATO’s role enforcing UN Security Council Resolutions 1970…
Below please see statements of support for the President’s commitment to fix our broken immigration system to meet our 21st century economic and security needs from business leaders, civic leaders and elected officials. Note: A previously included quote from the…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Richard G. Andrews, Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo and Jeffrey J. Helmick to serve on the United States District Court bench. President Obama said, “Throughout their long and impressive legal careers, Richard G.…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary, Department of State Robert G. Taub, Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission Mark P. Wetjen, Commissioner, Commodity Futures…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Mark Acton, Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key…
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Haiti to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Michel Martelly on May 14, 2011. The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Richard G. Andrews, of Delaware, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, vice Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., retired. Cathy Ann Bencivengo, of California, to be United States District Judge…
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: William J. Burns, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service with the Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice James Braidy Steinberg.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Mississippi and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on May 3, 2011, and continuing. The President’s…
