The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by tsunami waves on March 11, 2011. Federal funding is available to…
Category: Statement and Releases
President Obama will meet with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on Thursday, April 28, 2011. Among other key bilateral and regional issues, the Presidents will discuss next steps with regard to the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement as well as progress on…
On Thursday, May 5th, the Vice President will host a meeting on deficit reduction with Members of Congress at Blair House. In the President’s fiscal policy speech delivered last Wednesday, he announced that Vice President Biden will lead a bipartisan,…
Today, the President called Michael Hollowell, manager of a Lowes home improvement store devastated by a tornado Saturday in Sanford, North Carolina, to offer his gratitude for Mr. Hollowell’s swift action that saved so many lives.
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE April 18, 2011 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.…
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine to attend the Kyiv Summit on the Safe and Innovative Use of Nuclear Energy as well as the Chornobyl Pledging Conference on April 19, 2011. Both…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Obama Administration released the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), which seeks to better protect consumers from fraud and identity theft, enhance individuals’ privacy, and foster economic growth by enabling industry both to…
Attached is a message from the President regarding Passover.
The President agrees with House Republicans that we must reduce our deficit and put our country on a fiscally sound path, but we disagree with their approach. The House Republican plan places the burden of debt reduction on those who…
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1473, the “Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011”. Section 1112 of the Act bars the use of funds for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 to transfer Guantanamo detainees…
