Oval Office 4:32 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, I just had an opportunity to meet for the first time in his official capacity with my new Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, who talked about a wide range of security challenges…
Archive: February 17, 2015
Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the situation in the eastern part of the country. The Vice President strongly condemned the violation of the ceasefire by separatist forces acting in concert with Russian forces, in…
The President called new Italian President Sergio Mattarella today to offer congratulations on his recent election. The two leaders reaffirmed the deep and abiding ties between the United States and Italy. They agreed that the U.S. and Italian governments will…
The Supreme Court and Congress have made clear that the federal government can set priorities in enforcing our immigration laws—which is exactly what the President did when he announced commonsense policies to help fix our broken immigration system. Those policies…
