2:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Friday. I thought I’d take some questions, but first, let me say a few words about the economy. This morning, we learned that our economy created over 200,000 new jobs…
Archive: August 1, 2014
The legislation put forward tonight by House Republicans does not responsibly address the problem of unaccompanied children apprehended at the border, and could result in the deportation of hundreds of thousands of DREAMers, young people who were brought to this…
The influx of children being apprehended trying to cross the southwest border shows that our immigration system is broken and Congress needs to advance comprehensive immigration reform so we can fix the system now. Commonsense immigration reform would continue to…
Deputy National Security Advisor Benjamin Rhodes and National Security Advisor to the Vice President Jake Sullivan met today with former Syrian military police photographer “Caesar,” who defected from the Assad regime with thousands of photographs of brutalized bodies, suggestive of…
Seventy years ago, on August 2, 1944, Nazis massacred almost 3,000 Roma and Sinti men, women, and children at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. We mark the anniversary of this atrocity as a day of remembrance for the hundreds of thousands…
On Friday, August 1, 2014, the President signed into law: H.R. 1528, the “Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2014,” which clarifies that veterinarians may transport and dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice at sites other than…
President Obama spoke today with Russian President Putin about the situation in Ukraine and the bilateral relationship. The President reiterated his deep concerns about Russia’s increased support for the separatists in Ukraine. The President reinforced his preference for a diplomatic…
Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko regarding the political situation in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government’s efforts to ensure unhindered access to the MH-17 crash site, and Russia’s destabilizing actions in eastern Ukraine. The Vice President…
ON-THE-RECORD CONFERENCE CALL BY DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS BEN RHODES; ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD; AND SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL GAYLE SMITH ON THE U.S.-AFRICA LEADERS…
