1:46 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Ms. Werner. Q Can you say anything about these reports of the spy swap that apparently is being arranged? MR. GIBBS: I don’t have anything on that. Obviously we are — this is, as we’ve…
Archive: July 7, 2010
Goal of doubling exports over five years to support millions of American jobs is on track WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama will provide a progress report on the National Export Initiative (NEI), which shows that the President’s goal…
The President will announce the members of the President’s Export Council and deliver remarks in the East Room on the administration’s commitment to export promotion to grow the economy and support new American jobs. Secretary Gary Locke and Jim McNerney…
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…
“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…
East Room 11:50 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Everybody, please be seated. Well, good morning. Thank you, Jim McNerney, for being here. And thank you to members of my Cabinet and my administration for coming. Thank…
Department of the Treasury Washington, D.C. 11:40 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, everybody. Thank you all so much. You know, it is a pleasure for me to be here. And those of you with seats, please sit. Because there’s…
