Category: December 2011
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Fact Sheet on the United States’ Relationship with the European Union: An Enduring Partnership
The United States and the European Union are committed to ensuring that our partnership brings greater prosperity and security to our 800 million citizens and to working together to address global challenges. Our shared values and experience will enable us tospur economic recovery and job creation; buttress transitions to democracy in the Middle East and…
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Presidential Nomination and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Donald M. Berwick, resigned. WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE: Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Mark B. McClellan, which was sent to…
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Statement by the President
Tonight, Senate Republicans chose to raise taxes on nearly 160 million hardworking Americans because they refused to ask a few hundred thousand millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. They voted against a bill that would have not only extended the $1,000 tax cut for a typical family, but expanded that tax cut to…