11:04 A.M. EDT AUDIENCE MEMBER: Fired up! THE PRESIDENT: Fired up! (Laughter.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: Obama! (Laughter.) DR. BIDEN: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here today. I’m Jill Biden and I am honored to be a community college…
Category: Speeches and Remarks
4:56 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please, everybody have a seat. Good afternoon. Bienvenue. I am delighted to welcome my dear friend, President Sarkozy, to the White House. And I also want to welcome to the United States the First Lady…
9:15 P.M. (Local) PRESIDENT KARZAI: Mr. President, welcome to Afghanistan on your second visit, this time as the President of the United States of America. I welcome you on behalf of the Afghan people and express the gratitude of our…
11:13 P.M. (Local) THE PRESIDENT: How’s it going, Bagram? (Applause.) Well, you know, it turns out that the American people, they let me use this plane called Air Force One. And so I thought I’d come over and say…
The President looks back on a week that saw the passage of two major sets of reforms: one putting Americans in control of their own health care, and one ensuring student loans work for students and families, not as subsidies…
WASHINGTON – En su mensaje semanal, el Presidente Barack Obama elogió las audaces reformas al sistema de educación superior aprobadas por el Congreso esta semana. Estas reformas les ahorrarán a los contribuyentes $68,000 millones en la próxima década al poner…
10:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I just concluded a productive phone call with President Medvedev. And I’m pleased to announce that after a year of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia have agreed to the most…
Remarks by the President on Health Insurance Reform, University of Iowa Field House, Iowa City, Iowa
1:08 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Iowa! (Applause.) Are you fired up? (Applause.) Oh, it is good to be back in Iowa. (Applause.) I got to take off my jacket when I’m in Iowa. (Applause.) It is good to be…
11:29 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Fired up! Ready to go! Fired up! Ready to go! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Mr. President, I think we got a happy room here. (Laughter.) It seems ridiculous…
12:39 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Yes, he did. (Applause.) Thank you all for being here, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Ladies…
