James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MR. EARNEST: Thank you. I appreciate the response. Fired-up crowd for Friday afternoon. Let me do a couple of…
Archive: March 8, 2013
On International Women’s Day we celebrate the many milestones on the road to gender equality, and recommit ourselves to fight for the rights and opportunities of women and girls around the world. Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Jacob J. Lew, resigned. Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations…
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – ADMINISTRATION OF REFORMED EXPORT CONTROLS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Arms Export Control Act,…
Today, the Administration announced two key steps to further the goals of President Obama’s Export Control Reform Initiative, which is a common sense approach to overhauling the nation’s export control system. President Obama signed an Executive Order today to update…
This morning, the President, joined by members of his senior staff, met with leaders from the faith community to discuss the need to fix the broken immigration system so that everyone plays by the same rules. The President thanked the…
Six years ago tomorrow, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson went missing during a business trip in Iran. Finding him remains a high priority for the United States, and we will continue to do all that we can to bring him…
George Washington University Washington, D.C. 1:45 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: (Applause.) Thank you all so much. (Applause.) Oh, my goodness. Yes! (Applause.) Thank you all so much. It’s great to see you. It is truly a pleasure to be with…
State Department Washington D.C. 2:57 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all. Thank you. (Applause.) Well, let me begin by thanking Under Secretary Sherman for that very kind and gracious introduction, but also for your leadership on…
