EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – COMBATING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to address the significant effects…
Archive: June 30, 2013
Aboard Air Force One En Route Cape Town, South Africa 10:50 A.M. SAST MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us as we make our way to Cape Town. Here to deliver the world’s fastest gaggle is Ben…
The United States is the world’s leading donor in global health. We are strongly committed to working with partner nations to reach our goal of an AIDS-free generation, to ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and to supporting countries as…
Today the President announced Power Africa, a new initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa. More than two-thirds of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is without electricity, and more than 85 percent of those living in rural areas…
4:07 P.M. SAST MR. DHOLOMO: Thank you very much, Mrs. Obama, for joining us. That was a very inspirational speech. We’re joined by a lot of students from across the world — we’re crossing over to New York City, we’re…
6:14 P.M. SAST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Please, please, everybody have a seat. Hello Cape Town! AUDIENCE: Hello! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thobela. Molweni. Sanibona. Dumelang. Ndaa. Reperile. AUDIENCE: Reperile! PRESIDENT OBAMA: See,…
5:05 P.M. SAST THE PRESIDENT: It is a great pleasure to be here at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Center. It is appropriately named after somebody who has done heroic work not only on behalf of peace and justice,…
