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“It’s the single-most significant and direct way to measure the character of a nation — when violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret, when everyone understands that even one case is too many.  That’s when…

Roosevelt Room 11:51 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  I want to thank the Council of the Great City Schools.  This is an organization that represents the superintendents, the board members and educators from some of the largest school districts in the…

Via Conference Call 3:32 P.M. EDT MS. GONZALEZ:  Thank you, everyone, for joining this on-the-record conference call to discuss the First Lady’s upcoming trip to Japan and Cambodia.  We are here today with Tina Tchen, the Chief of Staff to…

Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss the implementation of the Minsk agreements of September 2014 and February 2015. Both leaders expressed their support for the agreements and called on Russia and Russia-backed separatists…

The Vice President and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff spoke on the phone this morning to review joint efforts to advance dialogue and cooperation between the United States and Brazil on a number of issues, including security, energy, trade, and global…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Phoenix, Arizona 10:45 A.M. PDT MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome aboard Air Force one en route to Phoenix, where the President later today will host a roundtable discussion with the Veterans Administration Secretary Bob McDonald, Deputy…

Phoenix VA Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona 1:16 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT:  I want to thank everyone who is here not just about this particular facility or this particular state, but how do we make sure that the VA is working…

Gilbert, Arizona 2:40 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, I just thought I’d stop by — I was in the neighborhood and I heard there was a barbecue going on.  (Laughter.)  I figured — I didn’t bring my swim shorts, though.…

As a key part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the wind power industry supports more than 50,000 American jobs and supplies enough energy to power 16 million homes. Building on this momentum, today the Department of Energy released Wind…

Reverend Willie T. Barrow was a Civil Rights icon and a Chicago institution, a “Little Warrior” in pursuit of justice for all God’s children.  In 1936, when she was just 12 years old, Reverend Barrow demanded to be let on…