The President expresses gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and discusses the steps his administration is taking to help create jobs so that next Thanksgiving, Americans can give thanks for a stronger economy.
Category: Speeches and Remarks
10:40 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Please, everybody, have a seat. Good morning. AUDIENCE: Good morning. THE PRESIDENT: I have my two trusty assistants here — (laughter) — Malia and Sasha for one of the most important duties that I carry…
2:00 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks, how are you? (Applause.) Good to see you all. Good to be back in an automobile plant, making things. (Applause.) Hey, thank you all very much. We’re delighted to be here and…
Miami, Florida 2:52 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Hello! How are you guys doing? STUDENTS: Good! MRS. OBAMA: Pretty exciting, isn’t it? STUDENTS: Yes! MRS. OBAMA: I am thrilled. I want to first thank Penny for that very kind introduction, and…
2:02 P.M. WET FOREIGN MINISTER ESPERSEN: Well, hi, everyone. I’m Lene Espersen. I’m the Danish Foreign Minister. And with me I have the foreign ministers of Lithuania, the Foreign Minister of Hungary, the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, the…
4:47 P.M. WET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everyone. We have just concluded an extremely productive NATO summit, and I want to thank our hosts, the government and the people of Portugal, for their hospitality in this beautiful city of…
7:45 P.M. WET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, thank you very much. Good evening, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here with President Barroso and President Van Rompuy. I am proud to be here. I was proud to meet…
The President says ratifying the New START, a pivotal treaty with Russia on nuclear weapons, must happen this year. He explains that failure to ratify the treaty this year would not only mean losing our nuclear inspectors in Russia, but…
2:25 P.M. WET PRESIDENT SILVA: (As translated.) Good afternoon. I would like to start by thanking President Barack Obama for having accepted my invitation for a working meeting during his first visit to Portugal. Portugal is honored to…
7:34 P.M. WET THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everybody. I just wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the substantial progress that the United States and our NATO allies have made here today. We head into tomorrow’s…
