ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL MONUMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The Chimney Rock site in southwestern Colorado incorporates spiritual, historic, and scientific resources of great value and significance. A thousand years ago,…
Archive: September 20, 2012
NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The founders of our Nation’s first colleges and universities for African Americans shared a fundamental belief that, with the right education,…
NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From our highest peaks and most historic parks to the quiet woods and streams where generations of families have connected with the land…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Miami, Florida 12:00 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Good day — it’s 12 o’clock noon. Thank you for joining us as we make our way south to the great state of Florida. …
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 6336, which directs the congressional Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue of Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia for placement in Emancipation Hall in the…
A year ago today, we upheld the fundamental American values of fairness and equality by finally and formally repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ Gay and lesbian Americans now no longer need to hide who they love in order to serve…
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, President Obama nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson and Judge Nelson Stephen Román for District Court judgeships. “I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama. “I…
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, President Obama nominated Robert Okun to serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. “Throughout his career, Robert Okun has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to justice,” said President Obama. “I am proud to nominate him…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: • Sylvia M. Becker – Member, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States • Bibiana Boerio – Director of the Mint, Department of…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Henry Harold Kennedy, retired. Robert D. Okun, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of…
