As Prepared for Delivery Washington, DC Good morning everyone, and welcome to the White House. We are so thrilled to have you here today for our Generation Indigenous convening. I want to start by thanking Walter Isaacson and Senator Dorgan…
Archive: April 8, 2015
Lois Capps and her family have served the people of California’s Central Coast for almost four decades. For 20 years, she was a nurse and public health advocate while her husband Walter served in Congress. When Walter tragically passed away,…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Connecticut and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by the severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of…
Yesterday, the President called Duke University Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski to congratulate him and his team on their exciting victory in the NCAA Men’s College Basketball National Championship. The President noted that this win was the culmination of an…
Readout of the President’s Call with the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Coach Auriemma
Today, President Obama called University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma to congratulate him and the Huskies for winning the NCAA national championship. The President noted that under Coach Auriemma’s leadership, the Huskies have won ten national championship titles…
Today the President met with his international health and national security teams to discuss what more can be done to get to zero Ebola cases in West Africa. The President’s advisors updated him on the situation in the region and…
NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.…
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes…
The White House today announced that White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard will be stepping down from his post next month following the Japan State Dinner. His replacement will be announced in the coming weeks. Statement from Mrs. Obama: “For the…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:26 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Nice mug. MR. EARNEST: Thank you. Ms. Friedman was just asking if we were going to do that every day for baseball season, and I…
