8:01 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our Armed Services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistan…
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Happy Thanksgiving! Given the holiday, we are releasing the President’s weekly address today. In this video, President Obama calls to our attention the men and women in uniform who are away from home sacrificing time with family to protect our…
11:41 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Welcome to the White House. On behalf of Sasha and Malia and myself, we’re thrilled to see you. I want to thank Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and…
12:04 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please be seated. Hello, everybody. Namaste. I am very pleased to welcome Prime Minister Singh to the White House on this, the first official visit of my presidency. As I said earlier, this reflects our…
Click here to download PDF to view the Press Preview 2:00 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Welcome, everyone. How are you all doing? It’s good to see you. Well, as Desiree mentioned, this is a very exciting time here…
9:00 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening, everyone. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. Aapka Swagat Hai. (Applause.) Many of you were here when I was honored to become the first President to help celebrate…
9:25 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Prime Minister Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, members of the Indian delegation — on behalf of Michelle and myself, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the White House. On behalf of the American…
11:46 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I am extraordinarily excited to have you all here today. A couple of special acknowledgements I want to make — first of all, two of my outstanding Cabinet members: Secretary Arne Duncan, our…
3:27 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. I assembled my Cabinet today for updates on progress we’ve made across several areas. Secretary Gates and Secretary Clinton spoke about issues of national security. Peter Orszag had some discussion of our…
6:01 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. Everybody have a seat. What a wonderful evening. Before I begin, let me just acknowledge some folks here in the crowd. First of all,…
