East Room 11:10 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: (Applause.) Hey, you guys. How are you doing? CHILDREN: Good. MRS. OBAMA: Have you been having — awesome. Have you been having fun today? CHILDREN: Yes. MRS. OBAMA: All right. Give me —…
Archive: April 24, 2014
Imperial Palace Tokyo, Japan 7:48 P.M. JST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening. Konbanwa. Your Majesties, I thank you for the extraordinary welcome that you have given to me and my delegation today, and I thank you for your gracious hospitality tonight.…
Miraikan Museum Tokyo, Japan 3:27 P.M. JST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Konnichiwa. Please sit down. Thank you so much. Well, I want to thank Dr. Mohri and everyone at The Miraikan for welcoming me here today. And it is wonderful to see…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint fourteen individuals to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This Commission is charged with working to improve the quality of life of Asian Americans…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Jason Collins – Member, President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition Misty Copeland – Member, President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and…
The United States condemns the attack today in Kabul that killed three Americans working to provide health care to Afghans. Any such attack on civilians at a hospital is despicable and cowardly. We send our deepest condolences to the families…
Today we commemorate the Meds Yeghern and honor those who perished in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. We recall the horror of what happened ninety-nine years ago, when 1.5 million Armenians were massacred or marched to…
Akasaka Palace Tokyo, Japan 12:40 P.M. JST PRIME MINISTER ABE: (As interpreted.) On behalf of the Japanese people, I would like to express my heartfelt welcome to President Barack Obama, who is in Japan as our state guest. Barack and…
WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY, 2014 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION America is built on the promise of opportunity. We believe that everyone should have a chance to succeed,…
