Category: Jan-2013
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Statement by the Press Secretary on Bills Signed on January 10, 2013
On Thursday, January 10, 2013, the President signed into law: H.R. 1339, which designates the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the birthplace of the U.S. National Guard; H.R. 1845, the “Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012,” which establishes a demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of allowing Medicare Part…
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Remarks by the President in Nomination of Secretary of the Treasury
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat. A little more than four years ago, I stood with Mr. Tim Geithner and announced him as my first nominee to my Cabinet. We were barely two months into the financial crisis. The stock market had cratered. The housing market had cratered as well. Bank after…
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Statement by the President on Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
Over her long career in public service – as an advocate for environmental justice in California, state legislator, member of Congress and Secretary of Labor – Hilda Solis has been a tireless champion for working families. Over the last four years, Secretary Solis has been a critical member of my economic team as we have…
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Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate
Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice Robert Harlan Henry, resigned. Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice John G. Roberts, Jr., elevated. William J. Kayatta, Jr., of Maine, to be United States Circuit…
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Statement by the Press Secretary on the visit of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to the White House
President Obama will host President Hamid Karzai and his delegation at the White House for bilateral meetings on Friday, January 11. President Obama looks forward to welcoming the Afghan delegation to Washington, and discussing our continued transition in Afghanistan, and our shared vision of an enduring partnership between the United States and Afghanistan.
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Remarks by the President in Nomination of Secretary of Defense and CIA Director
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat. As President and Commander-in-Chief, my most solemn obligation is the security of the American people. Over the past four years, we’ve met that responsibility by ending the war in Iraq, and beginning a transition in Afghanistan; by decimating the al Qaeda core and taking out Osama…
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Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 41
On Sunday, January 6, 2013, the President signed into law: H.R. 41, which temporarily increases the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program
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Weekly Address: Working Together in the New Year to Grow Our Economy and Shrink Our Deficits
WASHINGTON, DC—In this week’s address, President Obama talked about the bipartisan agreement that Congress reached this week which prevented a middle-class tax hike, congratulated the newly sworn-in Members of Congress, and looked forward to working with the new Congress in the new year to continue to grow our economy and shrink our deficits in a…
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Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 4310
On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, the President signed into law: H.R. 4310, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013,” which authorizes fiscal year 2013 appropriations for Department of Defense programs and military construction, Department of Energy national security programs, and Department of Transportation maritime security programs; authorizes recruitment and retention bonuses, special payments, and…
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Statement by the the President on H.R. 4310
Today I have signed into law H.R. 4310, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.” I have approved this annual defense authorization legislation, as I have in previous years, because it authorizes essential support for service members and their families, renews vital national security programs, and helps ensure that the United States will…