James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:16 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. Thank you for your patience. Before I get started, I wanted to read a statement from me on the…
Archive: December 16, 2011
Awards Will Help Build Statewide Systems of High Quality Early Education Programs Today, the White House announced that nine states – California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington – will receive grant awards from the…
President Obama spoke with Russian President Medvedev today to congratulate him on the World Trade Organization’s decision to extend a formal invitation to Russia to join the WTO. The Presidents hailed this achievement as yet another result of the reset…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Dick Berner – Director, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury Nancy J. Powell – Ambassador to India, Department of…
Today, after careful consultation with the new Libyan government, the United States rolled back most U.S. sanctions on the Government of Libya to keep our commitment to the Libyan people. Just days after the Qadhafi regime’s attacks against the Libyan…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr. and Mr. Kevin McNulty to serve on the United States District Court. “I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice Bernice B. Donald, elevated. Kevin McNulty, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Richard B. Berner, of Massachusetts, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, for a term of six years. (New Position) Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, a Career Member of the Senior…
The President said that Congress cannot go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million hardworking Americans, and the deal announced tonight meets that test. This is an important step towards enacting a key provision of the President’s American…
On Friday, December 16, 2011, the President signed into law: H.J.Res.94, which makes further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2012, through December 17, 2011, and for other purposes.
