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Archive: June 28, 2016

REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY, MERYL STREEP, FREIDA PINTO IN A LET GIRLS LEARN CONVERSATION WITH GIRL STUDENTS Dar Diafa Restaurant Marrakech, Morocco 11:30 A.M. WET MS. SESAY: Mrs. Obama, it’s such an honor to be here with you today,…

Deputy National Security Advisor Benjamin J. Rhodes met today with representatives from the Vietnamese-American community at the White House.  Attendees included leaders from academia, government, medicine, the military, and the non-profit sector.  He shared insights from the President’s trip to…

The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s heinous terrorist attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport in Turkey, which appears to have killed and injured dozens.  Ataturk International Airport, like Brussels Airport which was attacked earlier this year,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Cancer Moonshot is hosting a summit at Howard University, in Washington, D.C. as part of a national day of action that also includes more than 270 events in communities across the United States.  Vice President…

Nobody walked off a college basketball court victorious more times than Tennessee’s Pat Summitt.  For four decades, she outworked her rivals, made winning an attitude, loved her players like family, and became a role model to millions of Americans, including…

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announces a nearly $100 million investment in a new model for secondary education in Morocco; USAID announces a new $400,000 investment in a local NGO to establish five new girls’ dorms; Morocco will become the newest…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk.   1:32 P.M. EDT   MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  I do not have any announcements to make at…