Rose Garden 5:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. What a spectacular day. The Rose Garden is especially beautiful this time of year, and I thought what better place to have members of Congress and members of the Cabinet and…
Archive: April 21, 2015
South Lawn 2:53 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Please have a seat. Welcome to the White House on this beautiful day. And congratulations to Kevin Harvick, the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. Hey! (Applause.) It is always wonderful to…
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Armenia to attend the Centennial Commemoration of the Events of 1915 on April 24, 2015. The Honorable Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Department of…
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey. Ambassador Rice and the Minister discussed concrete ways to strengthen our cooperation against ISIL and foreign fighters and reviewed the train and equip program for…
This afternoon Denis McDonough and Ben Rhodes hosted leaders from the Armenian Assembly of America and the Armenian National Committee of America to discuss the upcoming centennial commemoration of the 1915 atrocities against Armenians. Recalling the deep ties between the…
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to subsections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the “Act”), the text…
This year, as part of her Reach Higher initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver commencement addresses at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL; Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH; and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Preparatory High School (King College…
Releases Quadrennial Energy Review The Obama Administration is committed to taking responsible steps to modernize our energy infrastructure, create a clean energy economy built to last, combat climate change, and increase reliance on domestic energy resources. That is why, today,…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room *Please see below for corrections and clarifications, marked with asterisks. 12:48 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all today. I did want to do a quick thing before we…
