2:55 P.M. EDT DIRECTOR CLAPPER: Mr. President, Director Panetta, and members of the intelligence community, both those who are here and those connected electronically: Recently, I received an email from a former student of mine at Georgetown who lost his…
Archive: May 20, 2011
1:35 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, let me, first of all, welcome again Prime Minister Netanyahu, who I think has now been here seven times during the course of my presidency. And I want to indicate that the frequency of…
Washington, D.C. 7:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello! It is good to be with all of you. First of all, how about the outstanding the new chair of the DNC, Debbie Wasserman Schultz? Give it…
This afternoon President Obama met with K-6 teachers who received the prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Earlier in the day, the teachers met briefly with Dr. Jill Biden during their tour of the White…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Joyce A. Barr, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, Department of State Anne W. Patterson, Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt,…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Charles Massarone, Commissioner, United States Parole Commission, Department of Justice President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to…
WASHINGTON – Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following eight individuals: Randy Eugene Dyer – Burien, Wash. Offense: Conspiracy to import marijuana (hashish), 21 U.S.C. § 963; conspiracy to remove baggage from the custody and control of the…
West Point, New York May 20, 2011 AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY— Hello everyone, and thank you for that wonderful welcome. I want to thank Lieutenant General Huntoon for that very kind introduction, as well as Secretary of the Army John…
Washington, DC – Today, while visiting the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, Vice President Biden announced that a Colorado-based start-up company has signed the first agreement under the Department of Energy’s new “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” challenge.…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Idaho and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, Tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding, landslides, and mudslides during the period of March 31…
