Category: November 2010

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 06, 2010 Background on the President’s Roundtable with Entrepreneurs On Saturday, November 6, 2010, in Mumbai, President Obama will convene a roundtable discussion with a small group of U.S. and Indian business leaders to showcase commercial partnerships that exemplify the promise of each…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 06, 2010 Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Compromise and Explains his Priorities on Taxes WASHINGTON – As Congress prepares to focus on taxes when it returns to work later this month, President Obama called on both parties to work together and focus…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 06, 2010 Expo on Democracy and Open Government Background: On his first day in office, President Obama signed the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, calling for unprecedented transparency, participation, and collaboration as a hallmark of his Administration.  Similarly, in 2005, India enacted…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 06, 2010 Remarks by the President in Meeting with CEOs in Mumbai, India Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai, India 5:10 P.M. IST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you very much, everybody, for joining us.  I’m going to be very brief here today.  This is partly because…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 06, 2010 Remarks by the President Commemorating 26/11 Attacks on Mumbai Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, Mumbai, India 2:25 P.M. IST THE PRESIDENT:  On behalf of Michelle and myself, I want to say what an extraordinary honor it is to be here…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 06, 2010 Background on United States- India Economic Relationship India is one of the most important and promising emerging markets in the world.  The IMF predicts that India’s GDP will grow at an annual rate of more than 8% through 2015. With an…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 05, 2010 President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced the appointment of the following individuals to key administration posts: Mimi A. Drew, State Representative, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Dave Stewart, State Representative, Gulf Coast…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 05, 2010 Read-out of President Obama’s Call with Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner President Obama called Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner this afternoon to personally express his condolences for the passing of her husband and former President Néstor Kirchner.  The President recognized…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 05, 2010 Remarks by the President on the October Jobs Report Roosevelt Room Washington, D.C. 9:36 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  We are in the middle of a tough fight to get our economy growing faster, so that businesses across our…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 04, 2010 President Obama Signs U.S. Virgin Islands Disaster Declaration The President today declared a major disaster exists in the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands and ordered Federal aid to supplement Territory efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, mudslides,…