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Archive: June 16, 2011

South Lawn 7:20 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody! AUDIENCE:  Hello! THE PRESIDENT:  Welcome to the White House.  First of all, I take full responsibility for the weather.  (Laughter.)  What a spectacular day for a congressional picnic.  This is always…

The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, and the President of Mongolia, Elbegdorj Tsakhia, today reaffirmed their commitment to a United States-Mongolia comprehensive partnership based on common values and shared strategic interests.  They emphasized their two countries’…

NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: John Edgar Bryson, of California, to be Secretary of Commerce, vice Gary Locke.

President Obama today met with Ambassador Princeton Lyman, his Special Envoy for Sudan, to discuss the status of mediation efforts to end the political and humanitarian crisis in Abyei and the humanitarian crisis and violence in Southern Kordofan.   The…

Click HERE to read the full reportannounced today by Vice President Biden on how The President’s Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative can facilitate the transition to a next  generation, interoperable system. The limitations of current public safety communications systems became…

1:17 P.M. EDT         MR. CARNEY:  Hello, everyone.  I have no announcements, so we’ll get started with questions.         Julie.         Q    Thank you.  The Libya report that the administration sent to the Hill yesterday seems to have only increased…