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Archive: December 17, 2014

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…