Good afternoon everyone. It’s great to be back at Brookings. This was my place for six years, and since my mother and I both worked here for so long, it really has the feel of home. This is where I…
Archive: September 22, 2014
Oval Office 2:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. All right, don’t knock anything over. (Laughter.) It’s always a little hazardous. It is a great pleasure for me to welcome the leadership and some of the key participants in America’s…
America’s businesses have created 10 million jobs over the last 54 months – the longest stretch of uninterrupted private sector job growth in our nation’s history – and we should do everything we can as a country to build on…
THE PROMISE OF EQUAL FUTURES In response to President Obama’s challenge to other heads of state to break down barriers to women’s economic and political participation, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Valerie Jarrett launched the Equal Futures…
Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz. The Vice President congratulated Prime Minister Kopacz on her government’s swearing in and pledged to continue close consultation on a range of bilateral and global issues. The Vice…
The President called Prime Minister Key late last evening to congratulate him on his third electoral victory. The President noted the strength of the U.S.-New Zealand relationship and said he looked forward to working with Prime Minister Key in the…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:27 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. I don’t have any announcements at the top, Josh, so we’ll go straight to questions. Would you like to get us started? Q Thanks,…
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – CLIMATE-RESILIENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to safeguard security and economic growth, protect…
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Deepening U.S. Government Efforts to Collaborate with and Strengthen Civil Society The participation of civil society is fundamental to democratic governance. Through civil society, citizens come together to hold…
