The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Missouri and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the area affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding…
Category: Statement and Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – En su mensaje semanal, el Presidente reflexionó sobre el progreso del año pasado, y espera con interés trabajar en los temas inacabados durante el año entrante, particularmente la epidemia de la violencia con armas de fuego. Como…
In late April, President Obama will travel to Germany to participate in the Hannover Messe – the world’s largest trade show for industrial technology – and to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. Founded in 1947, the Hannover Messe attracts approximately 6,500…
As the President announced in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last month, he will host leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year. The summit will take place at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California on February 15-16, 2016. This unprecedented…
Having welcomed developments in Ethiopia earlier this year–including the release of several detained bloggers–that suggested increased protections for the fundamental right of free expression, we are deeply concerned by the recent arrests of other journalists in Ethiopia. We continue to…
On Thursday, February 4, 2016, the President will welcome President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House for an official working visit. The leaders will hold a bilateral meeting and a commemoration of 15 years of bipartisan cooperation…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms and flooding during the period of November…
President Obama and the First Lady will welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, to the White House for an Official Visit with a State Dinner on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The visit will be…
On Monday, December 28, 2015, the President signed into law: H.R. 1321, the “Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015,” which prohibits the manufacture and introduction into interstate commerce of rinse-off cosmetics containing intentionally-added plastic microbeads; and S. 2425, the “Patient Access…
The United States congratulates the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea on reaching an agreement, which they have made clear “finally and irreversibly” addresses the tragic treatment of “comfort women” during World War II. We support this agreement…
