Via Conference Call 10:49 A.M. EDT MR. PRICE: Good morning, everyone. And thanks for joining this morning’s call. Following the President’s statement this morning, we wanted to give you a bit more detail on the plans he announced for our…
Archive: July 6, 2016
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:34 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Quiet a day. (Laughter.) MR. EARNEST: You know, just a day at the office. I do not have any announcements at the…
Action from Congress urgently needed to provide resources for treatment As Congress moves to conference on legislation related to the prescription opioid and heroin epidemic, the Obama Administration is taking additional actions to expand access to treatment, strengthen prescription drug…
Upon the arrival of a new crescent moon, Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to all those celebrating Eid al-Fitr in the United States and around the globe. For Muslim Americans, Eid is an opportunity to reflect on the…
Vice President Biden spoke today with President Raimonds Vejonis of Latvia. The Vice President underscored the unshakable U.S. commitment to the security of the Baltic states and the importance of the U.S-Latvia bilateral relationship. The leaders pledged to work closely…
President Obama spoke today by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss President Putin’s June 20 meeting with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Serzh Sargsian of Armenia regarding the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. President Obama expressed…
Seven years ago, just a few months into my presidency, I came together with counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful nations and committed to improving the lives of rural poor people around the globe through investments in more…
On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, the President signed into law: H.R. 3114, which requires the Army Corps of Engineers, using available funds, to develop a program to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist in carrying out…
“And my hope is that this becomes the foundation, the architecture whereby 10 years from now we can look back and say that we have revolutionized medicine in areas like cancer, or Alzheimer’s, or some of the diseases that cause…
10:27 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. More than 14 years ago, after al Qaida attacked our nation on 9/11, the United States went to war in Afghanistan against these terrorists and the Taliban that harbored them. Over the…
