Across our Nation, over 19 million Americans look to community health centers for medical checkups, education, advice, and critical services that keep them healthy. Throughout National Health Center Week, we recommit to supporting this vital resource for underserved communities, and…
Archive: August 4, 2011
12:16 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House. This is your daily briefing. Before I take your questions, I have a couple of announcements. As you know, last week the…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Maria Lombardo – Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation William Sisk – Member, Committee for Purchase from People Who…
“The United States is committed to working with our allies, and to strengthening our own internal capabilities, in order to ensure that the United States and the international community are proactively engaged in a strategic effort to prevent mass atrocities…
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, August 11, the President will travel to Holland, Michigan, to tour the Johnson Controls Inc. advanced battery facility. While at Johnson Controls, the President will highlight the key role innovative technologies will play in helping automakers…
The Vice President will depart for China, Mongolia, and Japan on August 16, 2011. He will visit China at the invitation of Vice President Xi Jinping – the first of the planned reciprocal visits between the Vice Presidents announced during…
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, August 9, the President will travel to Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Virginia, to announce first of their kind fuel efficiency standards for work trucks, buses, and other heavy duty vehicles. The new standards will provide…
The President today made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Arizona by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in theSovereign Tribal Nation of the Havasupai Tribe as a result of…
I’m pleased that leaders in Congress are working together to break the impasse involving the FAA so that tens of thousands of construction workers and others can go back to work. We can’t afford to let politics in Washington hamper…
Aragon Entertainment Center Chicago, Illinois 8:21 P.M. CDT August 3, 2011 THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, hello, hello! Thank you. Thank you. Everybody have a seat, have a seat, have a seat. Well, if you guys are taking off your…
