WASHINGTON- Today, at 1:00 p.m. EDT Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist to Vice President Biden, and Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Chu will hold a conference call to preview the President’s upcoming visit to Kansas City, Missouri. In Kansas…
Category: Statement and Releases
“A year ago today, the Food Safety Working Group, chaired by Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, announced key findings on how to upgrade the food safety system. Since then, my Administration has…
WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina that will attend the Ceremony Commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide on July 11, 2010. The Honorable Charles L. English, U.S. Ambassador to…
On behalf of the American people, I extend my congratulations to the people of Guinea, who peacefully and successfully conducted an initial round of voting in the country’s first free elections since becoming an independent state in 1958. Just months…
On Wednesday, July 7, 2010, the President signed into law: S. 1660, the “Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act,” which establishes national air emission standards for formaldehyde in domestic and imported composite wood products; S. 2865, the “Congressional Award…
President Obama hosted Prime Minister Netanyahu on his fourth visit to the White House today, and they had a very constructive discussion. The President and the Prime Minister reaffirmed the strong, unbreakable bonds that characterize the special relationship between the…
Read-out of the President’s conference call with Ambassador Eikenberry and General Petraeus as well as congratulatory call to Polish acting President and President-elect Komorowski Earlier this afternoon, the President held a conference call with Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and General David…
We join the international community in condemning the recent decisions by the Syrian government to convict and sentence human rights lawyers, 79-year old Haitham Maleh on Sunday, July 4, and Muhanad al-Hasani on June 23 for publicly expressing their views. …
9:00 P.M. (Local) SENIOR ADMINSTRATION OFFICIAL: So, if I could get everybody’s attention just for one second. This is going to be a background briefing, as a senior administration official or officials, in this case, only, not — so senior…
WASHINGTON – En el mensaje de esta semana, el Presidente Barack Obama anunció que el Departamento de Energía otorgará a dos compañías de energía solar casi $2,000 millones en subvenciones condicionadas de la Ley para la Recuperación (Recovery Act). Abengoa…
