4:00 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Good afternoon. AUDIENCE: Good afternoon. MRS. OBAMA: It is so good to be here with you all. This is good stuff, right? AUDIENCE: Yes! MRS. OBAMA: Well, let me begin…
Category: Speeches and Remarks
Campaign Office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Will Burns Chicago, Illinois 3:12 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! It is great to see all of you here on a phone bank. And I just want to, first of all,…
CLOSING SESSION: VISION OF THE FUTURE, BUILDING A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST VIOLENT EXTREMISM February 19, 2015 Department of State AMBASSADOR RICE: Good evening, everyone. Eric, thank you for those extraordinarily kind words. I want you to know as you were…
State Department Washington, D.C. 10:33 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you, John. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank John Kerry, not only for his introduction, but for the outstanding leadership of American diplomacy. John…
Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy Chicago, Illinois 2:00 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Chicago! (Applause.) Everybody have a seat. Everybody have a seat. Settle down. Also known as “Chiberia”! AUDIENCE: Yeah! THE PRESIDENT: It is good to be home. (Applause.) …
South Court Auditorium 4:20 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Well, thank you, Lisa, for the introduction. Lisa is an example of the countless dedicated public servants across our government,…
Oval Office 4:32 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, I just had an opportunity to meet for the first time in his official capacity with my new Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, who talked about a wide range of security challenges…
In this week’s address, the President laid out his plan to ensure more children graduate from school fully prepared for college and a career. Our elementary and secondary schools are doing better, as demonstrated by the news this past week…
Stanford University Stanford, California 11:33 A.M. PST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Stanford! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Have a seat. Have a seat. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes, we can! THE PRESIDENT: Yes, we can! (Applause.) First of…
East Room 2:08 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. And thank you, Jake, for a moving tribute to your friend and your brother in arms. I…
