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Archive: May 11, 2015

South Court Auditorium 3:29 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Good afternoon, everybody.  Please have a seat.  Welcome to the White House.  We have more than 20 countries represented here today.  So to those of…

Via Telephone 4:25 P.M. EDT MS. MEEHAN:  Good afternoon and thank you for joining us, everybody, for this call to preview the visit of leaders and delegations from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries — that’s Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi…

King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia called President Obama today to express his regret at not being able to travel to Washington this week and confirmed he was sending Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Ann Calvaresi Barr, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, United States Agency for International Development, vice Donald A. Gambatesa, resigned. Julius Lloyd Horwich, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department…

Today, as global entrepreneurs gathered for an event at the White House, President Obama announced several steps to increase support for emerging entrepreneurs here in the United States and around the world.  First, the President made investing in women and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for an addendum to the transcript, marked with asterisks.   1:03 P.M. EDT   MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I hope you all had a good weekend and spent some quality…