James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk.   12:47 P.M. EST   MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Before we get started here, I wanted to introduce Brett McGurk.  He is the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room     **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk.   12:47 P.M. EST        MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Before we get started here, I wanted to introduce Brett McGurk. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:08 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  Hope you had a good weekend.  As you can see, I’m delighted to be joined today by the chair and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:08 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  Hope you had a good weekend.  As you can see, I’m delighted to be joined today by the chair and…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:00 P.M. EST   MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  TGIF.  Nice to see you.  I do not have any comments at the top, so we can go straight to your questions.     Josh,…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:06 P.M. EST   MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see you all.  Welcome back from California, those of you who traveled with the President.  Let me do one quick announcement before we…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  12:54 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Nice to see a good crowd here today.  I have joining me at the briefing the Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes.  As many of you…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Palm Springs, California 11:06 A.M. PST   MR. SCHULTZ:  Good morning, everyone.  Welcome aboard Air Force One.  As you probably have seen, today President Obama designated three new national monuments in the California desert,…

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…

ON-THE-RECORD PRESS CALL BY BEN RHODES, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND DAN KRITENBRINK, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR ASIAN AFFAIRS ON THE U.S.-ASEAN SUMMIT   Via Telephone   5:38 P.M. EST        MR. PRICE:  Good afternoon, everyone, and…