Basketball fans got a huge surprise at the Georgetown - Duke game when none other than the President of the United States entered the arena, shaking hands with fans as he made his way to the courtside seat. He watched intently and impartially, only making comments to those seated around him including Deputy White House [...]
On Monday afternoon, at approximately 2:00 EST, the President will participate in a YouTube interview, and answer video and text questions submitted by YouTube users during and after the State of the Union. Users will vote the best questions to the top on CitizenTube, YouTube’s political platform. Steve Grove, YouTube’s news and political director, will [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 29, 2010
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FINANCIAL CAPABILITY
By the authority vested in me as President by theConstitution and the laws of the United States of America, itis hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. To help keep America competitive and [...]
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please, everybody be seated. Thank you. Thank you, John, for the gracious introduction. To Mike and Eric, thank you for hosting me. Thank you to all of you for receiving me. It is wonderful to be here. I want to also acknowledge Mark Strand, president [...]
On Tuesday, February 2, 2010 President Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Nashua, NH to discuss jobs and the economy. This event at Nashua High School North is free and open to the public, however, tickets are required. Members of the general public wishing to attend the town hall should visit the following [...]
Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. I’ve got a couple of introductions that I want to make very quickly.
First, I want to thank Terry and his family for greeting me here today. And I want to thank Terry and Joe for giving us a tour of Chesapeake Machine Company. In addition we’ve got Secretary [...]
President Barack Obama today announced that the Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 28 percent by 2020. Reducing and reporting GHG pollution, as called for in Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability, will ensure that the Federal Government leads by example in building the clean energy economy. Actions taken under this [...]
Best recap of the State of the Union that I’ve seen, no question that the President made it clear that he doesn’t take a step backward.
“There was a weight to him last night that wasn’t there during the campaign, as though he’s spent a year in the job and realized quite recently how goddamn hard [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama continued to promote healthy choices for kids when she appeared with administration health officials to announce the release of the Surgeon General’s report about childhood obesity. The event was a step toward the formal launch of a major childhood obesity program expected in the next few weeks and the first lady’s [...]
Bernanke confirmation passed with a 70-30 vote, on a nonpartisan basis with many Democrats voting against and many Republicans for.
ROLL CALL
President’s Statement:
“I am gratified by the Senate’s broad bipartisan vote to confirm Ben Bernanke for another term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. As the nation continues to face the consequences of the worst recession [...]
