Category: September 2011

East Room 4:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  Have a seat.  Welcome to the White House, and congratulations to Jimmie Johnson on winning his fifth straight Sprint Cup Championship. Before we start, I do want to acknowledge some people who are here today.  First of all, an outstanding American,…

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, September 15th at 2:30 PM Eastern, President Barack Obama will award Dakota Meyer, a former active duty Marine Corps Corporal, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.  He will receive the Medal of Honor for his…

Today the President called Texas Governor Rick Perry to express his concern for citizens of Texas impacted by the unprecedented fires. During the call the President extended his condolences for the lives that have been lost as a result of these events, and made clear that the federal government, through DHS/FEMA and the U.S. Forest…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Cyrus Amir-Mokri– Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Department of the Treasury; and Member, Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Kathryn Keneally– Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, Department of Justice Michael James Warren–…

I congratulate Robert Gates on his selection as the twenty-fourth Chancellor of the College of William & Mary. In Bob, one of our nation’s oldest colleges has found one of our nation’s finest public servants. I’m confident that Bob will bring to this new role the same sense of duty and personal integrity that I…

WASHINGTON, D.C .– On Wednesday September 7, 2011, as part of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the Vice President will host a screening of the documentary REBIRTH for Washington, DC, area college students.  REBIRTH is a full-length documentary which chronicles the lives of five people directly affected by the…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Catherine Allgor – Member, Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation MichaelA. Khouri – Commissioner, Federal Maritime Commission David McMillan –Member, Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Kelly Ryan – Member,…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Eduardo Arriola –Member, Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation Sara Aviel– United States Alternate Executive Director, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Daniel Becker– Member, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute Mark Francis Brzezinski–…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Catherine Allgor, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2014, vice John Richard Petrocik, term expired. Eduardo Arriola, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation…

Please see below for a correction (marked with an asterisk) to a typo in the transcript. 1:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Detroit!  (Applause.)  Thank you, Michigan!  (Applause.)  Oh, this is a — AUDIENCE:  Four more years! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  It is — AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more…