Roosevelt Room 5:36 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I said in the State of the Union address earlier this year, my top priority is to make sure that we continue the economic momentum that’s been established, continue to grow…
Archive: March 25, 2015
South Court Auditorium 10:42 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much, everybody. Everybody, have a seat. Thank you, Doctor, for that introduction. I want to thank Sylvia Burwell, our outstanding head of Health and Human…
The United States strongly condemns ongoing military actions taken by the Houthis against the elected government of Yemen. These actions have caused widespread instability and chaos that threaten the safety and well-being of all Yemeni citizens. The United States has…
Budgets are about priorities. This evening the House Republicans made clear that once again their priority is to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires and return our economy to the same top-down economics that has failed the American people before. …
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Singapore to attend the State Funeral Service of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, founding Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, on March 29, 2015. The…
Vice President Biden called the Chairperson of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan and former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki today to discuss Sudan. Vice President Biden thanked President Mbeki for his leadership and his…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Kathleen Ann Doherty, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cyprus. Hans…
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with Defense Minister Aliyu Mohammed Gusau of Nigeria. Ambassador Rice noted Nigeria’s upcoming presidential elections on March 28, and, echoing President Obama’s message to the Nigerian people earlier this week, she underscored…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by the severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:46 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I apologize for the delay in getting started this morning. A lot going on. Q What is this? MR. EARNEST: I’m sorry? Q There’s a lot…
