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Archive: May 7, 2013

East Room 1:44 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Please have a seat.     Let me begin by saying it is a great pleasure to welcome President Park and our friends from the Republic of Korea.  Madam President, we…

Politics and Prose Bookstore Washington, D.C. 11:16 A.M. EDT   MRS. OBAMA:  Oh, my goodness.  Thank you.  Thank you for coming out on this really wet Tuesday.  Not so good for standing outside, but really good for gardeners, this rain. …

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of Transportation, vice Ray LaHood. Michael Froman, of New York, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Ronald…

  TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:   Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency, unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration,…

  NOTICE   – – – – – – –   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA   On May 11, 2004, pursuant to his authority under the International Emergency Economic…

For six decades, the U.S.-ROK Alliance has served as an anchor for stability, security, and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula, in the Asia-Pacific region, and increasingly around the world.  President Barack Obama of the United States of America and President…

The full text of the op-ed by President Obama is printed below. The piece was published yesterday in the Miami Herald and can be found HERE.    Improving our Partnership with Latin America By Barack Obama   Last week, I…