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Archive: November 18, 2011

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release January 21, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN WELCOMING SENIOR STAFF AND CABINET SECRETARIES TO THE WHITE HOUSE Room 450 Eisenhower Executive Office Building 1:18 P.M. EST THE…

Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia 1:45 P.M. WITA SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  Just to give you a bit of background — this comes after many months of engagement between the United States and Burma, which we can speak to. The President, of…

Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia 12:04 P.M. WITA PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, I just want to say how much of a pleasure it is to be able to see, once again, Prime Minister Najib.  We just had excellent conversations and consultations at…

The United States welcomes today’s strong vote by the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution deploring the assassination plot against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States. The widespread support for this resolution, which was co-sponsored…

Close cooperation in education is a fundamental element of the Comprehensive Partnership.  In June 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a Higher Education Partnership in which the United States and Indonesia will commit to…

The Peace Corps supports the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership by expanding people-to-people exchanges, cultural activities, and educational partnerships.  Since returning to Indonesia in January 2010, Peace Corps Indonesia has rapidly grown into a program of 43 Volunteers teaching English at schools…

In November 2011, Presidents Obama and Yudhoyono reaffirmed their support for the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, a long term commitment to elevate bilateral relations by intensifying consultations and developing habits of cooperation on key bilateral, regional, and global issues.  First proposed…

The acquisition and regeneration of Excess Defense Articles (EDA) F-16s provides Indonesia with a much needed capability to protect its sovereign airspace and represents the largest transfer of defense articles in the history of the U.S.-Indonesia bilateral relationship – a…

1. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Barack Obama met in Bali on November 18, 2011.  The two presidents reaffirmed the deepening engagement between the two countries on regional and global issues since establishing the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership in November 2010. …

The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency spoke with a unified voice today in its passage of a resolution that holds Iran accountable for its continued failure to live up to its international obligations.  Last week, IAEA…