Category: Dec2013

President Obama spoke by phone this morning with Chilean President-elect Michelle Bachelet to congratulate her on her victory in Chile’s second-round election on December 15.  The President expressed his desire to continue strengthening the relationship between the United States and Chile, building on the close partnership he enjoyed with President-elect Bachelet during her previous term,…

I’m pleased that with tonight’s vote in the Senate, for the first time in years, both parties in both houses of Congress have come together to pass a budget.  It’s a budget that unwinds some of the damaging sequester cuts that have harmed students and seniors and acted as headwinds our businesses had to fight. …

Today, the President and the Vice President met with executives from leading tech companies in the Roosevelt Room. The group discussed a number of issues of shared importance to the federal government and the tech sector, including the progress being made to improve performance and capacity issues with HeathCare.Gov.  The President also announced that Kurt…

President Barack Obama today announced the designation of Presidential Delegations to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russian Federation. Presidential Delegation to the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games The Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russian Federation will be held…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Eric Rosenbach – Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, Department of Defense Darci L. Vetter – Chief Agricultural Negotiator, with the rank of Ambassador, Office of the United States Trade Representative President Obama said, “I am…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Elisebeth Collins Cook – Member, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Mark McWatters – Member, National Credit Union Administration Board President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Elisebeth Collins Cook,…

NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Elisebeth Collins Cook, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2020.  (Reappointment)

Jim Matheson has proudly represented the people of Utah for more than twelve years in the United States Congress.  He has been a forceful advocate of our nation’s veterans and worked to strengthen our economy through his support of key trade agreements.  Michelle and I thank Congressman Matheson for his service and wish him, his…

Children’s National Medical Center Washington, D.C. 2:25 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA:  All right.  How’s everybody doing? AUDIENCE:  Good. MRS. OBAMA:  Yes?  You guys excited about Christmas? AUDIENCE:  Yes!  (Applause.) MRS. OBAMA:  Well, we’re going to read one of my favorite Christmas tales, “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas.”  Can everybody hear me?  Can you hear me? …

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Eligibility of the Gulf Cooperation Council to Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 503(a)…