Category: April 2011

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Well, everybody, please be seated.  Welcome to the White House, and congratulations on winning the Commander-in-Chief trophy.  (Applause.) For the first time in eight long years, this trophy is going back to Colorado Springs.  Today we’re honored to be joined by the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy, Lieutenant General Michael…

WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Obama said that to restore fiscal responsibility, we all need to share in the sacrifice – but we don’t have to sacrifice the America we believe in. Earlier this week, the President proposed a balanced approach to cut the deficit, which matches the $4 trillion in deficit reduction…

President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine to attend the Kyiv Summit on the Safe and Innovative Use of Nuclear Energy as well as the Chornobyl Pledging Conference on April 19, 2011.  Both events commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. The Honorable Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor…

Today I have signed into law H.R. 1473, the “Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011”.   Section 1112 of the Act bars the use of funds for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 to transfer Guantanamo detainees into the United States, and section 1113 bars the use of funds for the remainder…

“Today, I was pleased to take another step to relieve unnecessary burdens on small businesses by signing H.R. 4 into law. Small business owners are the engine of our economy and because Democrats and Republicans worked together, we can ensure they spend their time and resources creating jobs and growing their business, not filling out…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Jonathan D. Farrar, Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Department of State Stuart E. Jones, Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Department of State Lisa Kubiske, Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Department of State Derek…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: William C. Ostendorff, Nominee for Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bill Ostendorff was sworn in…

The op-ed below by President Barack Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy will appear in tomorrow’s International Herald Tribune, Le Figaro, and Times of London. The piece can be read online HERE. Libya’s Pathway to Peace Joint Op-ed by Barack Obama, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy Together with our NATO allies and…

THE PRESIDENT:  Yesterday I laid out a plan to cut $4 trillion from our deficit.  It is a balanced plan that asks for shared sacrifice in order to provide shared opportunity for all Americans.  And I’m very pleased today to have Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the chairs of my fiscal commission, because, very frankly,…

PRESIDENT OBAMA:   Well, I want to welcome the Emir of Qatar, and we have just completed a very useful conversation.  I expressed to him my appreciation of the leadership that the Emir has shown when it comes to democracy in the Middle East and, in particular, the work that they have done in trying to…