James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:04 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s nice to hear you all in a good mood on this Friday afternoon. Just a nice little buzz in the room when I walked in. …
Archive: August 8, 2014
Via Conference Call 10:10 P.M. EDT MS. MEEHAN: Hi, everybody. This is Bernadette at the National Security Council. Thank you for joining us for this call on Iraq. This call will be on background, which means you can quote the…
Readout of the President’s Call with His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
President Obama spoke with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan today. They discussed the urgency of providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq, the risks to the region from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and…
On Friday, August 8, 2014, the President signed into law: H.R. 606, which designates a facility of the United States Postal Service located in Tyrone, New York, as the Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building; H.R. 1671, which designates a…
Vice President Biden called Iraqi President Fuad Masum this afternoon to discuss United States military operations in northern Iraq and the ongoing government formation process in Baghdad. Vice President Biden reiterated President Obama’s commitment to assist and protect innocent Iraqi…
Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes met today at the White House with members of the Iraqi Yezidi community to discuss the dire humanitarian situation in northern Iraq, particularly as it impacts the Yezidi community and other ethnic and…
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE August 8, 2014 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As I announced publicly on August 7, 2014,…
