Category: August 2009
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Remarks by the President — Eulogy for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 8/29/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Your Eminence, Vicki, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son Edward as the heir to a weighty legacy; a champion for those who had none;…
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Remarks by the President on the Passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy
THE PRESIDENT: I wanted to say a few words this morning about the passing of an extraordinary leader, Senator Edward Kennedy. Over the past several years, I’ve had the honor to call Teddy a colleague, a counselor, and a friend. And even though we have known this day was coming for some time now, we…
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Remarks By The President and Ben Bernanke at the Nomination of Ben Bernanke For Chairman Of the Federal Reserve
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I apologize for interrupting the relaxing that I told all of you to do, but I have an important announcement to make concerning the Federal Reserve. The man next to me, Ben Bernanke, has led the Fed through one of the worst financial crises that this nation and the world…
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Remarks by the President on the recent elections in Afghanistan, 8/21/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I want to say a few words about this week’s election in Afghanistan. This was an important step forward in the Afghan people’s effort to take control of their future, even as violent extremists are trying to stand in their way. This election was run by the Afghan people. In…
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Remarks of President Barack Obama in Ramadan Message, 8/21/2009
On behalf of the American people – including Muslim communities in all fifty states – I want to extend best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims believe the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, beginning with a simple word – iqra. It…
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Remarks by the President at the Organizating for America National Health Care Forum 8/20/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Hey! Thank you. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. This looks like a casual crowd; I’m going to — (laughter) — take off my jacket here. Let me begin by thanking Beth…
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Radio Interview of the President by Michael Smerconish 8/20/2009
MR. SMERCONISH: Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the program. I’m Michael Smerconish. What an honor for me to say I’m live at the White House and I’m joined by the President of the United States. Mr. President, what an honor for me, and thank you, sir, for this privilege, and thank you for coming back…
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Remarks by the President honoring 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Welcome to the White House. Just before I begin, there are a couple of acknowledgements I want to make. First of all, we’ve got some Wounded Warriors from Walter Reed and National Naval Medical Center, and I want everybody to give them a big round of…
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Remarks by President Obama and President Mubarak of Egypt during press availability, 8/18/2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, let me, on behalf of the American people and my administration, welcome President Mubarak for his first visit since I’ve taken office. I want to publicly thank him for the extraordinary hospitality that he showed us when I traveled to Egypt and delivered my speech at Cairo University. It was an extraordinary…
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Remarks by the President at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, 8/17/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, be seated. Thank you so much. Commander Gardner, thank you for your introduction and for your lifetime of service. I was proud to welcome Glen and your executive director, Bob Wallace, to the Oval Office just before the 4th of July, and I look forwarding to working with your next…