Category: January 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Miranda A. A. Ballentine – Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Logistics, Department of Defense Norman C. Bay – Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and upon appointment to be designated Chairman Reggie…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Miranda A. A. Ballentine, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Terry A. Yonkers, resigned. Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2018, vice Jon Wellinghoff, resigned.…

Costco Lanham, Maryland 10:15.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Maryland!  (Applause.)  It’s good to see you.  I love getting outside the Beltway, even if it is just a few hundred feet away.  (Laughter.) Well, first of all, give Teressa a great big round of applause for the great job she did.  (Applause.)  It is good to…

2:05 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hey, hello, everybody.  (Applause.)  Well, thank you, Mario, for that great introduction and your leadership.  You just don’t come to the Steel City without coming to U.S. Steel.  I just got a great tour and had a chance to see a little bit about how you guys build America every…

National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice hosted Pakistani National Security and Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz yesterday for a meeting at the White House.  During the meeting, they reaffirmed both countries’ commitment to strengthening the U.S.-Pakistan relationship and advancing shared interests in a stable, secure, and prosperous Pakistan.  They discussed ways to increase the effectiveness…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the “Act”), the text of a proposed Third Amendment to the Agreement for Co-operation Between the United States of…

President Obama will meet with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan on February 14 at Sunnylands, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage, California.  The United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan are close friends and historic partners that have worked together to promote peace, prosperity, and reform.  The President looks…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Vermont and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe winter storms during the period of December 20-26, 2013. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on…

Today, the President called Governor Jerry Brown to receive an update on the situation in California and express his concern for the citizens impacted by the historic drought conditions facing the state – conditions that are likely to have significant impacts on the state’s communities, economy and environment in the coming months. The President reinforced…

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades. An entrepreneur flipped on the lights in her tech startup, and did…