Category: June 2011

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Kenneth Magidson, Sarah Ruth Saldaña, Robert Lee Pitman, and John Malcolm Bales to serve as United States Attorneys. “These nominees have proven to be tenacious and diligent in their pursuit of justice and I am honored to nominate them to serve their fellow Americans as U.S. Attorneys,” President…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: John Malcolm Bales, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas for the term of four years, vice Rebecca A. Gregory, resigned. Kenneth Magidson, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas for the term of four years, vice Donald…

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  Please, you can cut the music.  Thank you, everybody.  Have a seat, have a seat.  It is great to see all of you.  Good to be back in the Quads.  (Applause.) Hello, Iowa!  (Applause.)  I see a couple old friends here.  I want to start by recognizing a few folks who…

National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested. It has been thirty years since we witnessed the emergence of HIV, an illness from which roughly 600,000 Americans have died and with which more than one million Americans live.  After years of critical investments in research,…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on May 25, 2011, and continuing. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea. Adrienne S. O’Neal, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to…

President Obama today called Governor Jack Dalrymple to express his concern for the citizens of North Dakota impacted by thehistoric flooding.  The President commended the efforts of first responders and volunteers working on this response and Governor Dalrymple on his state’s management of the situation.  He also pledged that the federal government will respond quickly…

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Everybody, please have a seat.  Now, I just want to point out that I got the memo and dressed appropriately in the gray suit.  (Laughter.) Welcome to the White House, and congratulations to the Colorado Rapids on winning your first MLS Cup.  (Applause.) I want to begin by recognizing Stan…

Yesterday, the President declared an emergency exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on June 1, 2011, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief…

WASHINGTON – Speaking to the American people from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, President Obama discussed the vital role advanced manufacturing will have in strengthening our economy and creating good, middle-class jobs. The President believes that realizing our nation’s potential requires more than simply cutting spending; we have to foster development at home, so…