On behalf of the President and the people of the United States, we congratulate Prime Minister Najib on his coalition’s victory in Malaysia’s parliamentary elections on Sunday May 5. We also congratulate the people of Malaysia, who turned out in…
Category: Speeches and Remarks
East Room 1:49 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thanks so much. Thank you, all. How is everyone? Good afternoon. Please, sit. Welcome to the White House. I love saying that. (Laughter.) I am thrilled that all of you…
Politics and Prose Bookstore Washington, D.C. 11:16 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Oh, my goodness. Thank you. Thank you for coming out on this really wet Tuesday. Not so good for standing outside, but really good for gardeners, this rain. …
East Room 1:44 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat. Let me begin by saying it is a great pleasure to welcome President Park and our friends from the Republic of Korea. Madam President, we…
Commencement Address at The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio May 5, 2013 Hello, Buckeyes! Thank you Dr. Gee, the Board of Trustees, Congresswoman Beatty, Mayor Coleman, and all of you who make up The Ohio State University for allowing me…
Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio 1:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Hello, Buckeyes! O-H! AUDIENCE: I-O! THE PRESIDENT: O-H! AUDIENCE: I-O! THE PRESIDENT: O-H! AUDIENCE: I-O! THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you so much. Everybody, please be seated. Thank you,…
President Obama says that because Republicans in Congress allowed a series of harmful, automatic budget cuts—called the sequester—to take effect, important programs like Head Start are now forced to reduce their services. After travelers were stuck for hours in airports…
10:58 A.M. CST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, thank you so much, Mr. Condo. And once again, I want to thank President Chinchilla and all the people of Costa Rica for their incredible hospitality. I’ve already been scouting out where I’m…
4:55 P.M. CST PRESIDENT CHINCHILLA: (As interpreted.) Good afternoon. Good afternoon, dear friends. Dear friends, international journalists and for American and SICA. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here with us this afternoon. In the first place and…
6:40 P.M. CST PRESIDENT OBAMA: (In progress) during this visit. And I want to thank you for your thoughtful presentation about some of the agenda items that we need to address. We last met as a group during…
