Category: June 2011

President Obama will visit the Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria Campus (NVCC) to announce a series of initiatives critical to improving the manufacturing workforce.  The initiatives are part of a major expansion of Skills for America’s Future, an industry led initiative the Administration launched last year to improve industry partnerships with community colleges and build…

President Obama spoke with President Karzai this morning via video teleconference.  The two leaders spoke for approximately one hour and discussed a number of topics, including the impact of the death of Osama Bin Laden on the fight against terrorism and on regional dynamics, their shared commitment to Afghan-led reconciliation, progress on forging an enduring…

As we mark the 30th year of our fight against HIV/AIDS, I join the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in honoring the memory of all those we have lost to this disease and rededicating ourselves to the fight against this pandemic.  Thanks to an aggressive global response, fewer people are being infected, a diagnosis…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Arnold A. Chacon, Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, Department of State Christopher Merrill, Member, National Council on the Humanities Earl Anthony Wayne, Ambassador to the United Mexican States, Department of State Rebecca R. Wodder, Assistant Secretary…

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Everybody please have a seat.  Thank you. Thank you so much, everybody.  It is great to be back at NOVA.  I come here often enough that I think I should be getting some credits.  (Laughter.)  Plus I’ve got an in with…

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  (Applause.)  Hello, everybody.  Please have a seat — have a seat.  Welcome to the White House.  And congratulations to the Auburn Tigers.  War Eagle.  (Applause.)  I notice you all brought some Alabama weather up here, too. I want to start by recognizing some very proud members of Congress who are here…

President Obama welcomes United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s  announcement that he will run for a second term, and the United States supports his candidacy.  Under Ban’s leadership, the United Nations has played a critical role in responding to crises and challenges across the globe, including most recently supporting democratic transitions in Cote d’Ivoire and…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Illinois and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms occurring on April 19, 2011, and April 22 to May 2, 2011, and flooding resulting from those storms beginning on April 19, 2011, and…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: Azizah al-Hibri, Member, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Nancy Brooks Gilbert, Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council Mark Gorenberg, Member, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Rear Admiral Michelle J. Howard, Member, Board…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individual to a key Administration post: Peter Schaumber, Member, Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individual to a key Administration post: Peter Schaumber, Appointee for Member, Board of Trustees of…