WASHINGTON – Today, Press Secretary Jay Carney made the following statement on progress on Trade Adjustment Assistance for American workers and pending free trade agreements that will support tens of thousands of American jobs. “President Obama has fought for an…
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NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Thomas J. Curry, of Massachusetts, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years, vice John C. Dugan, resigned. Mary John Miller, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury,…
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Federal Republic of Germany to attend the Women’s World Cup Game on July 2, 2011 between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia. Mrs.…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Deborah A. P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board Thomas C. Krajeski, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Department of State Robert…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Kenneth Magidson, Sarah Ruth Saldaña, Robert Lee Pitman, and John Malcolm Bales to serve as United States Attorneys. “These nominees have proven to be tenacious and diligent in their pursuit of justice and…
National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested. It has been thirty years since we witnessed the emergence of HIV, an illness from which roughly 600,000 Americans have died and…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on May 25, 2011, and continuing. Federal funding…
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea. Adrienne S.…
President Obama today called Governor Jack Dalrymple to express his concern for the citizens of North Dakota impacted by thehistoric flooding. The President commended the efforts of first responders and volunteers working on this response and Governor Dalrymple on his…
Yesterday, the President declared an emergency exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on June 1, 2011, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes…
