“And I want to particularly say this to young people of every faith, in every country – you, more than anyone, have the ability to reimagine the world, to remake this world.” — President Barack Obama, June 4, 2009 “I…
Category: Statement and Releases
In May 2011, President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron reaffirmed our mutual commitment to improving the lives of the world’s poorest people through the U.S.-UK Partnership for Global Development. Through the Partnership, we are working together to achieve better results…
Today, President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron reaffirmed their commitment to continue close bilateral cooperation on global counterterrorism issues. For decades, and especially since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. and UK have engaged in unprecedented and unparalleled…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced the appointment of one of the nation’s leading public health policy experts as the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Grant Colfax, MD, Director of the HIV Prevention Section in…
Maintaining a world class infrastructure system is critical to creating an economy built to last. Our country needs and deserves a commitment to surface transportation that will create jobs by rebuilding and modernizing our roads and bridges and allows us…
The President sends his deepest condolences to the victims and their families of last night’s bus accident in Switzerland. The loss of so many young lives is especially heartbreaking. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Belgian communities of Lommel…
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, the President signed into law: S. 1134, the “St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act,” which authorizes the St. Croix River Crossing Project with the inclusion of mitigation measures as enforceable conditions of the project;…
Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight’s State Dinner. Additional details about the State Dinner are available HERE. THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA THE RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID CAMERON, M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN…
The United States welcomes the conviction by the International Criminal Court of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for war crimes relating to enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 and causing them to participate actively in hostilities in…
The President spoke by phone this afternoon with Korean President Lee Myung-bak of Korea to welcome the entry into force of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) at midnight on March 15 in both countries. The President noted that the…
