Category: Aug-2012

President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Ghana to attend the State Funeral of His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of Ghana. The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, will lead the delegation on August 10, 2012. Members of the Presidential Delegation:…

Colorado State Fairgrounds Pueblo, Colorado 10:35 A.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Pueblo!  (Applause.)  Hello, Colorado!  (Applause.)  It’s good to be back!  (Applause.)  It is good to be back.  And thank you so much for being here.  This is a good-looking crowd. Can everybody please give Crystal a big round of applause for that great introduction. …

University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2:06 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Oh, my!  (Applause.)  Well, thank you so much.  Four more years!  Four more years! AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years! MRS. OBAMA:  With your help.  With your help.  We’re going to need all of you all.  I am beyond thrilled…

Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado 1:58 P.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Colorado! (Applause.) Oh, what a beautiful day! (Applause.) Can everybody please give Christy a big round of applause for the great introduction? (Applause.) And then, I want everybody to acknowledge one of the outstanding alums of Colorado College — (applause) — an outstanding senator…

Upper Dublin High School Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 4:23 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Well, thank you so much.  (Applause.)  You all seem pretty fired up.  It’s good stuff.  (Applause.)  I am beyond thrilled to be here today. And I want to start by thanking Julie and her family for their hard work, for that very kind…

Moravian College Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 7:26 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Wow! (Applause.) You guys are all here. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Wow, I am just blessed to be here. It’s just really great to see you all. (Applause.) I want to start by thanking Yvonne for that very kind introduction and for all that she’s…

President Obama spoke with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh this morning to express condolences for victims of the senseless attack at the gurdwara in Wisconsin, which took the lives of Indian nationals as well as Americans, and to convey the solidarity of the American people.  President Obama reiterated that the Sikh community is an…

Auraria Events Center University of Denver Denver, Colorado 1:06 P.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Denver!  (Applause.)  Oh, it is good to be back in Denver.  (Applause.) AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years! THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Well, I tell you what, we win Colorado, I’ll get four more…

Grand Junction High School Grand Junction, Colorado 4:20 P.M. MDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Colorado!  It is good to be back in Grand Junction.  Love Grand Junction.  (Applause.)  It was about four years ago, around this time, that I was first in Grand Junction.  (Applause.)  We had a bunch of bales of hay.  (Laughter.)  You remember…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as a part of his We Can’t Wait initiative, President Obama announced that seven nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects will be expedited, including projects in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Wyoming. Together, these job-creating infrastructure projects would produce nearly 5,000 megawatts (MW) of clean energy – enough to…