Below is a statement from Jay Carney, Communications Director for Vice President Biden, regarding a motor vehicle incident earlier today in Vancouver. “Earlier this afternoon, a van in the Vice President’s motorcade carrying members of the official US Olympic Games…
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WASHINGTON – A horas de haber promulgado una ley que requiere que el Congreso cubra el costo de gastos en el momento que los realiza, el Presidente Barack Obama elogió esta medida que ayudará a restaurar la responsabilidad fiscal y…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Obama appointed Rashad Hussain to serve as his Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Comprised of over 50 member states, the OIC is the second largest inter-governmental organization in the world. As…
El general Jim Jones, asesor de seguridad nacional, concluyó un viaje de cinco días a Afganistán y Pakistán para evaluar en persona el estado actual de los esfuerzos por implementar la estrategia del Presidente en la región. Mientras estuvo en…
Grant Awards to Help Make Health IT Available to Over 100,000 Health Providers by 2014, Support Tens of Thousands of Jobs Nationwide WASHINGTON, DC – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis today announced a…
As the people of Haiti observe a national day of mourning to remember those lost in the catastrophic earthquake one month ago, the United States continues to stand with our Haitian friends as they recover and rebuild. Our thoughts and…
President Obama spoke with Prime Minister Hariri on the morning of February 12, 2010. The President expressed his strong support, and that of the American people, for the Prime Minister and the Lebanese people as they mark the upcoming anniversary…
On Friday, February 12, 2010, the President signed into law: H.J. Res. 45, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, which increases the public debt limit from $12.394 trillion to $14.294 trillion; and establishes a statutory Pay-As-You-Go procedure requiring that new…
National Security Advisor General Jim Jones completed a 5-day trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan to view first-hand the current status of efforts to implement the President’s strategy in the region. While in Afghanistan, General Jones met with Senior Afghan, U.S.,…
Dear Madam Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Budget amendments for the Departments of Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the National Aeronautics and…
