National winner selected by President Obama for commencement speech WASHINGTON – The White House and the Department of Education today announced Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the winner of the first annual Race to the Top High…
Category: Statement and Releases
Rising costs have made it difficult for employers to provide quality, affordable health insurance for workers and retirees while also remaining competitive in the global marketplace. Many Americans who retire without employer-sponsored insurance and before they are eligible for Medicare…
“Our thoughts and prayers are with every American who has been impacted by the severe weather and flooding in the southeast, and our deepest condolences go out to those who have lost loved ones. I would also like to extend…
I welcome Indonesia’s important announcement at the opening session of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference that they are “initiating the process of the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.” The United States thanks President Yudhoyono and…
“Nuestros pensamientos y oraciones acompañan a todo estadounidense afectado por las inclemencias climáticas e inundaciones en el sudeste, y nuestro más sincero pésame a quienes han perdido a seres queridos. También deseo expresar mi agradecimiento a los socorristas locales que…
Tras su llamada ayer a Duane Jackson, el Presidente esta mañana hizo llamadas a Lance Orton y los oficiales Wayne Rhatigan y Pam Duffy para agradecerles por estar alerta. Lance Orton y Duane Jackson fueron los vendedores que inicialmente reportaron…
“Today, to ensure consistent coordination with the Gulf Coast states, Admiral Thad Allen, Secretaries Janet Napolitano and Ken Salazar, Administrator Lisa Jackson and NOAA Deputy Under Secretary Monica Medina began daily calls with the Governors from the five Gulf Coast…
NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA On May 11, 2004, pursuant to his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C.…
The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area affected by a water main break beginning on May 1, 2010, and continuing. The…
New York, NY To the participants of the NPT Review Conference, Forty years after the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entered into force, we have come together to answer a simple question with consequences for us all: as individual nations and as…
