Category: April 2011

THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening.  Behind me, through the window, you can see the Washington Monument, visited each year by hundreds of thousands from around the world.  The people who travel here come to learn about our history and to be inspired by the example of our democracy — a place where citizens of different backgrounds…

US-Colombia Business Partnership “The member companies of the US-Colombia Business Partnership strongly support the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and call for its prompt consideration and passage… The USCBP believes increased trade via the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) furthers economic stability and lessens the dependence and temptation of illicit trade. The US-Colombia FTA will strengthen…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:      Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the…

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the deterioration of…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:   David S. Johanson, Member, United States International Trade Commission Sean Robert Mulvaney, Member, Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States   President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:   Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Member, Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Anuj Chang Desai, Member, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Barbara Jeanne Ells, Member, Board of Trustees of…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:   Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Member, Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Anuj Chang Desai, Member, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Barbara Jeanne Ells, Member, Board of Trustees of…

Seventeen years ago today, the world watched as an unimaginable slaughter began to unfold in Rwanda.  One hundred horrific days later, more than 800,000 innocent people—men, women, and children—lay dead in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.  Today, we join the Rwandan people in honoring the memory of the loved ones they…

The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on April 5, 2011, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster…