TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan on Mutual Legal Assistance…
Archive: March 16, 2016
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Always fun to cover a little history, right? This has made plenty of news today. I don’t think I have anything to add to it at this point. But…
PRESS CALL BY BEN RHODES, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS; AMBASSADOR JEFFREY DeLAURENTIS, CHARGÉ de AFFAIRES, U.S. EMBASSY IN CUBA; AND MARK FEIERSTEIN, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS TO PREVIEW THE PRESIDENT’S TRAVEL TO CUBA AND ARGENTINA Via…
The below announcements for Let Girls Learn are part of the First Lady’s visit to South by Southwest. These commitments complement private sector commitments announced by the First Lady on International Women’s Day. View the new #62MillionGirls PSA HERE. APPLE,…
President Obama, in the context of the previously announced travel to Germany, will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 21. While there, he will participate in a Summit with leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries –…
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Merrick B. Garland, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Antonin Scalia, deceased.
In a Rose Garden ceremony today at the White House, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States. Merrick Garland, the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Today, the President issued an executive order imposing robust new sanctions on North Korea. This E.O. is part of our response to North Korea’s January 6 nuclear test and February 7 launch using ballistic missile technology, and it enables U.S.…
President Obama dropped by a meeting yesterday between Vice President Biden and the leaders of Northern Ireland, First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. The President and Vice President were accompanied by former Senator Gary Hart, who…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Delaware and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by the severe winter storm and flooding during the period of January…
