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Archive: November 16, 2014

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center Brisbane, Australia 4:19 P.M. AEST PRESIDENT OBAMA:Thank you, everybody.Please have a seat.Good afternoon.I want to begin by thanking Prime Minister Abbott, the people of Brisbane, and the people of Australia for being such extraordinary hosts…

Today we offer our prayers and condolences to the parents and family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known to us as Peter.  We cannot begin to imagine their anguish at this painful time. Abdul-Rahman was taken from us in an act…

The G-20 is the world’s premier forum for economic policy cooperation – where Leaders representing economies generating 85 percent of global GDP assemble around the table to promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth and to address urgent global economic challenges.…

The statement below was released today by Australia in its capacity as host of the G20. 1. Raising global growth to deliver better living standards and quality jobs for people across the world is our highest priority.  We welcome stronger…

We, the Leaders of the United States and the European Union, and the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain meeting in the margin of the G-20 Summit reaffirm our commitment to comprehensive and ambitious negotiations, in a spirit of…