White House Garden 3:18 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: What’s going on, people? (Applause.) What are you doing? Where are you going? How’s everybody? CHILDREN: Good! MRS. OBAMA: Are you excited to be here? CHILDREN: Yes! MRS. OBAMA: I am! Do…
Archive: October 7, 2016
Oval Office 10:22 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Obviously, everybody has been tracking the course of Hurricane Matthew, and I just received an update from our FEMA Director, Craig Fugate, as well as the rest of our national security team. And…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Chicago, Illinois MR. SCHULTZ: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Air Force One en route to Chicago, the President’s hometown. As you saw this morning, the President was briefed by FEMA Administrator Fugate, his Deputy…
COLUMBUS DAY, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In October of 1492, Christopher Columbus completed the first of his expeditions that would land him on the shores…
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Seventy years ago, President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act, declaring “Nothing is more important…
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION No matter where she lives, every girl on this planet deserves the chance to learn…
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, 2016 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION More than 1 million fires occur each year in the United States. Throughout the past decade, the number…
