Category: Sep2013

Vice President Biden met today with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss a wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including Syria, North Korea, and Iran.  The Vice President and the Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of increasing practical cooperation on regional and global challenges.

Business Roundtable Headquarters Washington, D.C. 10:46 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Well, Jim, thank you for the introduction.  Thanks to Dave and Andrew and John — all the men and women of the Business Roundtable.  I’ve had a chance to not only present before this body before, but many of you have…

State Dining Room 1:13 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Thanks for being here.  You guys, as I always say, rest yourselves.  You got a lot of work to do.  (Laughter.) Well, welcome to the White House.  It is truly a pleasure to be here with all of you today for the first ever White House Convening…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, consistent with sections 123 and 144 b. of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153 and 2164(b)), the text of the Agreement Between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for Cooperation Regarding Atomic Information, including a technical…

September 18, 2013 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Provision of Atomic Information to Croatia In your August 12, 2013, memorandum you recommended that I approve, pursuant to sections 123 and 144 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, an agreement for cooperation authorizing the exchange of U.S. Restricted Data and…

On Wednesday, September 18, 2013, the President signed into law: S. 130, the “Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act,” which directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, a certain parcel of Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in Wyoming; S. 157, the “Denali National Park Improvement Act,” which authorizes the Secretary…

NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS WHO COMMIT, THREATEN TO COMMIT, OR SUPPORT TERRORISM On September 23, 2001, by Executive Order 13224, the President declared a national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism, pursuant to the International…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Tamara Wenda Ashford, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Mary Ann Cohen, retired. Leslie Ragon Caldwell, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Lanny A. Breuer, resigned. Richard Stengel, of New York, to be…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his appointment of the following individuals to key Administration posts: Kenneth C. Frazier – Member, President’s Export Council Andrés R. Gluski – Member, President’s Export Council Marillyn A. Hewson – Member, President’s Export Council Vanessa Keitges – Member, President’s Export Council Ian C. Read – Member, President’s Export…