The President spoke by telephone this evening with Shinzo Abe, the President of the Liberal Democratic Party, to congratulate him on the results of yesterday’s Lower House elections in Japan. Both sides reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as…
Archive: December 17, 2012
As my mother would say, the greatest virtue of all is courage, and Danny was courage personified. From the battlefields of World War II where he received the Medal of Honor, to the floor of the United States Senate where…
Tonight, our country has lost a true American hero with the passing of Senator Daniel Inouye. The second-longest serving Senator in the history of the chamber, Danny represented the people of Hawaii in Congress from the moment they joined the…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Richard J. Engler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, vice William E. Wright, term expired. Nicholas Christopher Geale, of Virginia,…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:17 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for being here. I think as you know, the President and Speaker of the House had a meeting here at the White House a little…
DEATH OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding…
