WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Donald W. Beatty and Donald C. Coggins, Jr. to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. “I am honored to put forward these highly qualified candidates for…
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Lucy Haeran Koh to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. “Judge Lucy Haeran Koh has distinguished herself as a first-rate jurist with unflagging integrity and evenhandedness,”…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Donald W. Beatty, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, vice Cameron M. Currie, retired. Donald C. Coggins, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States District…
Today, Vice President Biden met with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico while in Mexico City to chair the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue. The Vice President congratulated President Peña Nieto on Mexico’s continued progress on economic and energy reforms and…
President Obama spoke today by phone with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy to discuss the close cooperation between the United States and Italy in defeating ISIL. The two leaders agreed to continue to work closely together to manage the…
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the White House. Ambassador Rice and Foreign Minister Wang affirmed their commitment to expanding practical bilateral cooperation while also addressing and, where possible, narrowing differences.…
The presidents of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez Cerén; Guatemala, Jimmy Morales; and Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez; and the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, met in Washington, DC on February 24, 2016 to review joint efforts to promote…
Today I have signed into law H.R. 644, the “Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015,” an Act that is an important milestone to the overall U.S. trade agenda and that will help our workers and businesses to compete…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Carla D. Hayden as Librarian of Congress. President Obama said, “Michelle and I have known Dr. Carla Hayden for a long time, since her days working at…
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years, vice James H. Billington.
