East Room 1:55 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Now, I just want to point out that I got the memo and dressed appropriately in the gray suit. (Laughter.) Welcome to the White House,…
Archive: June 27, 2011
President Obama today called Governor Jack Dalrymple to express his concern for the citizens of North Dakota impacted by thehistoric flooding. The President commended the efforts of first responders and volunteers working on this response and Governor Dalrymple on his…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea. Adrienne S.…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on May 25, 2011, and continuing. Federal funding…
National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested. It has been thirty years since we witnessed the emergence of HIV, an illness from which roughly 600,000 Americans have died and…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:53 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me begin with a brief readout. I just went in and spoke to the President about his meeting with Senator Reid, the meeting…
