With Congress having finalized a strong Wall Street reform bill, the President urges Congress to finish the job and send the bill to his desk. The legislation reflects 90% of what the President originally proposed, including the strongest consumer financial…
Category: Speeches and Remarks
Intercontinental Downtown Hotel Toronto, Canada 3:18 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right, everybody set up? Careful. Don’t hurt each other. PRIME MINISTER CAMERON: — upsetting the beer, so work together here. (Laughter.) PRESIDENT OBMAA: Let…
Intercontinental Downtown Hotel Toronto, Canada 4:16 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I just had an excellent discussion with President Lee and his team. Obviously we are marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War and the extraordinary friendship…
South Lawn 8:52 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. In a few moments I’ll depart for Canada to take part in a summit with the G8 and the G20 nations. This is the third G20 summit…
8:52 A.M. EDT EL PRESIDENTE: Buenos días a todos. En unos cuantos momentos partiré para Canadá para participar en una cumbre con los países del G8 y el G20. Ésta es la tercera cumbre del G20 que hemos tenido…
2:52 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all so much. I don’t know if I can top that. I wish I could sing and dance or give you something a little bit more, but all I have is my thanks. …
2:07 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. Dobryy Den. After many meetings around the world, I’m delighted to welcome my friend and partner, President Medvedev, to the White House. This is also an opportunity to return…
3:08 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, good afternoon, everybody. It is a pleasure to be here with my friend and partner, President Medvedev, and I want to thank him again for his leadership, especially his vision for an innovative Russia…
11:31 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Such a warm and wonderful welcome. I am thrilled to be here. I want to start by thanking our outstanding Attorney General, Eric…
1:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Today I accepted General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. I did so with considerable regret, but also with certainty that it is the right thing…
