The President spoke by phone today with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom to discuss Syria and the upcoming London Conference on Supporting Syria and the Region, which the Prime Minister will co-host with other world leaders on…
Category: Statement and Releases
Today, Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism concluded a series of meetings with French security and intelligence officials to discuss ways to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation in the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks of November…
Via Telephone 2:14 P.M. EST MR. PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for joining today’s call. We wanted to offer a preview of the visit later this week of Colombian President Santos. To do that, we have three senior…
The Obama Administration remains committed to improving the resilience of our communities, States, and the Nation to important hazards, such as earthquakes. A 2015 scientific assessment from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that more than 143 million Americans in the…
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Pursuant to section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1977 (Public Law 95-216, 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1)), I transmit herewith a social security totalization agreement with Hungary,…
During his 2016 State of the Union Address, President Obama called on Vice President Biden to lead a new, national “Moonshot” initiative to eliminate cancer as we know it. Today, the White House is announcing a new $1 billion initiative…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: R. David Harden, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Nancy E. Lindborg. WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE: John Morton, of Massachusetts, to be Executive Vice…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Idaho and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe winter storms during the period of December 16-27, 2015. …
Today, President Obama and Vice President Biden convened the first meeting of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force. Held in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, meeting attendees included the heads of relevant executive…
“In the coming years, we should build on that progress, by … offering every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one.” —President Obama, 2016 State of the Union Address Today, President Obama…
