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Archive: February 11, 2016

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOJAVE TRAILS NATIONAL MONUMENT – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   The Mojave Trails area of southern California is a stunning mosaic of rugged mountain…

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAND TO SNOW NATIONAL MONUMENT – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   The Sand to Snow area of southern California is an ecological and cultural…

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CASTLE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION   The Castle Mountains area, bounded on three sides by Mojave National Preserve (Preserve), possesses…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Los Angeles, California 2:45 P.M. PST   MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome, everyone.  Before I do get to your questions, I wanted to take a minute to mark an anniversary.  We’ve got a couple of anniversaries…

Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.  The two leaders agreed on the importance of making progress on the security and political aspects of the Minsk agreements, and expressed serious concern about the worsening security situation…

National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with civil society representatives from all ten Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) countries in advance of the upcoming U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Summit at the Sunnylands Retreat in California. Ambassador Rice highlighted that…

The President has been clear that our trade agreements must allow our workers and businesses to compete fairly with the rest of the world, and where that is not happening, we have and will continue to take action.  We are…

President Obama said, “Since joining the Department of Education, John has worked to build on the progress our country has made in expanding opportunity for all of our children. There is nobody better to continue leading our ongoing efforts to…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Abdul K. Kallon to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. “Judge Kallon has a long and impressive record of service and a history of handing down…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Abdul K. Kallon, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Joel F. Dubina, retired. John B. King, of New York, to be Secretary of Education, vice Arne Duncan.