EXECUTIVE ORDER ——- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT’S TASK FORCE ON 21ST CENTURY POLICING By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to identify the best…
Archive: December 17, 2014
Via Telephone 10:02 A.M. EST MS. MEEHAN: Hi, everybody. Thanks very much for joining this background call on policy changes to Cuba. This call will be embargoed until the end of the call. We will lift the embargo at the…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room See below for a follow up to a question (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing. *On Tuesday afternoon, the President spoke with President Castro via telephone. 2:08 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good…
President Obama spoke last evening with Japanese Prime Minister Abe to congratulate him on his party’s impressive victory in last Sunday’s elections and to thank him for his strong leadership on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues over…
The President called Prime Minister Abbott last night regarding the Sydney hostage tragedy. The President expressed condolences on behalf of the American people to the families that lost loved ones, and his wishes for a speedy recovery to those who…
For the past five years, Raj Shah has been at the center of my Administration’s efforts to advance our global development agenda as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). To be sure, his tasks have never…
Today, the United States is taking historic steps to chart a new course in our relations with Cuba and to further engage and empower the Cuban people. We are separated by 90 miles of water, but brought together through the…
President Obama spoke by phone last night with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan to express the United States’ deepest condolences and unwavering support for the Pakistani people in the aftermath of yesterday’s horrific terrorist attack against Peshawar’s Army Public…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty individuals, consisting of eight commutations and twelve pardons. The President granted commutations of sentence to the following eight individuals: Sidney Earl Johnson, Jr. – Mobile, AL Offense: Conspiracy to…
Jill and I want to thank Raj Shah for the leadership and determination he has shown through five years as one of the most effective USAID Administrators in our nation’s history. Both of us have had the honor of working…
