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Archive: November 30, 2011

Private Residence New York, New York 6:17 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, let me begin by just thanking Jac and Phyllis — and their adorable grandchildren.  (Laughter.)  And their children — I don’t want to skip over a generation.  (Laughter.) …

Scranton High School Scranton, Pennsylvania 2:37 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Scranton!  Thank you.  (Applause.)  It is good to be back in Scranton.  Go, Knights!  (Applause.)  It is good to be here.  Thank you, Principal Schaeffer, for letting us hold…

East Room 1:33 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA:  How is everyone doing? AUDIENCE:  Good. MRS. OBAMA:  You excited?  AUDIENCE:  Yes! MRS. OBAMA:  You ready for Christmas? AUDIENCE:  Yes.  (Laughter.) MRS. OBAMA:  Oh!  Where are Malia and Sasha?  (Laughter.)  Well it’s great…

Washington, D.C. 11:52 A.M. EST  MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you.  Thank you, everyone.  Please, please.  (Applause.)  Well, thank you all so much.  Please, please, rest yourselves.  I understand you’ve been working hard over these last couple of days.  (Laughter.) It is…

Governmental Palace Baghdad, Iraq  11:47 A.M. (Local)   THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Mr. Prime Minister, my distinguished colleagues, as I stated at the outset, both our countries are now launching on a new phase of this relationship.  What we discussed here…

Governmental Palace Baghdad, Iraq   10:30 A.M. (Local)   VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Mr. Prime Minister, thank you very much for your gracious welcome.  We have — presumptuous of me to say, but we have become good friends and acquaintances over the…

12:45 P.M. Local      PRIME MINISTER AL-MALIKI:  (In progress as interpreted) And we are looking forward to the future Iraq which is going to be built on the outcome of this meeting.  We have to believe that in the (inaudible)…

The United States and the European Union (EU) met yesterday as part of their annual Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) to advance the U.S.-EU economic relationship and mutual growth and job creation.  The TEC focused on a number of areas of…

Earlier today, the President called Tony Stewart to congratulate him and the entire Stewart-Haas Racing team on winning the 2011 Sprint Cup Series Championship and on the incredible season they had.  The President said he was impressed that Mr. Stewart…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe storm on October 29, 2011. Federal funding is…