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Archive: December 4, 2012

National Security Advisor Tom Donilon met today with Assistant to the President of Egypt for Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Dr. Essam el-Haddad.  The two officials reaffirmed the strategic relationship between the United States and Egypt.  They discussed a broad…

We are disappointed that the overwhelming majority of Senate Republicans today blocked the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which would enshrine American standards that have been developed through decades of bipartisan cooperation.  Ratification would require no changes…

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 2453, the “Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act,” which requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration of Mark Twain; H.R. 6118, the “Taking Essential…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:03 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: I have no personnel announcements to make, and I’ll leave it at that. MR. CARNEY:  Actually, I am on a tight schedule today, so — I have a meeting. …