Category: Oct-2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: • Edward S. Itta – Member, Arctic Research Commission • James J. McCarthy – Member, Arctic Research Commission • Waded Cruzado – Member, Board for International Food and Agricultural Development • Brady J. Deaton – Chairman, Board for International Food…

University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 3:42 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Madison!  (Applause.)  Go Badgers!  (Applause.) First of all, I’ve got to just point out that some members of the Badgers basketball team are here — they’re getting ready for the season coming up.  (Applause.)  They’ve invited me to play, so I said after the…

Brigantine Marina Brigantine, New Jersey 4:38 P.M. EDT GOVERNOR CHRISTIE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  And thank you all for coming today.  I want to thank the members who are here as well.  And obviously, I want to thank the President. We spent a significant afternoon together surveying the damage up and down the New Jersey coastline;…

The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of West Virginia and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 29, 2012, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to…

The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Virginia and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 26, 2012, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts due to Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 27, 2012, and continuing. The President’s action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York,…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts due to Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 26, 2012, and continuing. The President’s action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Atlantic, Cape May, Essex, Hudson,…

This morning, the President convened a video-teleconference in the White House Situation Room with his team to receive the latest update on Hurricane Sandy, and federal efforts underway to support response activities in several states. Overnight, at the requests of the Governors, the President approved major disaster declarations for the states of New Jersey and…

Today, the President held a call with Governors and Mayors from affected states and areas to express his concern for residents who have been and continue to be impacted by Sandy, as well as to hear directly from the Governors and Mayors on their ongoing response efforts. On the call, the President began by thanking…