11:00 A.M. CDT MR. CARNEY: Okay, let’s start. It’s a beautiful day in Iowa and this is your gaggle. Mr. Associated Press. Q Thanks, Jay. Welcome to our better digs. Two things. Wondering if you could comment on…
Archive: August 16, 2011
Investments Focus on Increasing Access to Capital, Job Training and Health Care Services On August 16, at the White House Rural Economic Forum, President Obama will announce new jobs initiatives recommended by the White House Rural Council for growing the…
USDA, Department of Energy and Navy Partner to Advance Biofuels to Fuel Military and Commercial Transportation, Displace Need for Foreign Oil, and Strengthen Rural America WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2011 – President Obama today announced that the U.S. Departments of Agriculture,…
President Obama will begin the second day of his bus tour by having breakfast with five Iowa small business owners at Rausch’s Café in Guttenberg, Iowa. The breakfast is an opportunity for the President to hear directly from rural small…
On Tuesday, August 16th the President and members of the White House Rural Council will host the White House Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa. The Forum will bring together farmers, small business owners, private…
Vice President Joe Biden has departed for Beijing, China, the first stop on a nine-day trip to China, Mongolia, and Japan. In each country, the Vice President will meet with key leaders to discuss the full range of bilateral, regional,…
12:05 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Everybody please have a seat. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Well, it is wonderful…
12:44 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: I think all I want to say by way of introduction is, I had the chance to have breakfast with a couple of your panelists here, and — three of them, actually — and…
1:09 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: John, sorry to interrupt. You were making a good point. Good to see you. Everybody, please have a seat. I just wanted to jump in. I just came out of a Small Business Breakout…
2:46 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. Please, please, everybody have a seat. I just want to, again, thank my extraordinary Secretary of Agriculture Tom…
