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Michelle and I were saddened to learn of the passing of Jacqueline Berrien, former Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Jackie’s leadership and passion for ensuring everyone gets a fair chance to succeed in the workplace has changed our country for the better. She spent her entire career fighting to give voice to underrepresented…

Tonight at 8pm, Women of Honor, a one-hour documentary that shares the stories of a female active duty servicemember, veteran, and caretaker will air on Lifetime. Earlier this year, these three women joined the First Lady and Dr. Biden for a roundtable at the White House; this roundtable is featured in the documentary. Learn more…

The President spoke separately today by phone with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey to congratulate the Turkish people on the November 1 elections and to preview the upcoming G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. The leaders discussed the situation in Syria and the importance of expanding joint efforts to strengthen…

Oval Office **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 10:34 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, it is very good to welcome once again Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to the Oval Office.  There’s no foreign leader who I’ve met with more frequently, and I think that’s a testimony to the extraordinary bond between…

“The G-20 and the Global Economy” As Prepared for Delivery Deputy National Security Advisor Caroline Atkinson November 4, 2015 Peterson Institute for International Economics Thank you Adam for the kind introduction. As most of you are aware, in just over a week President Obama will be travelling to Antalya, Turkey, for the G-20 summit—the 10th…

St. Regis Hotel Washington, D.C. 5:18 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  I got to sign Trina’s remarks here real quick.  Everybody have a seat while I’m doing this.  (Laughter.) How’s it going, everybody?  (Applause.)  Well, listen, I just gave a big speech, so I’m not going to give a long one here.  Usually, in these kinds…

St. Regis Hotel Washington, D.C. 4:50 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, OFA!  (Applause.)  Everybody give Jordan a big round of applause.  (Applause.) All right, everybody, sit down.  Sit down.  Settle down.  This is a rowdy crowd, as usual. It’s always good to be with OFA.  It’s a little bit like coming home.  And we’ve got…

The United States highlighted its continued commitment to Jordan with the announcement of a plan to build 25 new schools in Jordan using $100 million as part of the Administration’s Let Girls Learn initiative. In March 2015, the President and First Lady launched Let Girls Learn, a U.S. Government initiative bringing together the Department of…

Washington, D.C. — En su mensaje semanal, el Presidente analizó la importancia de reducir el número de personas sin seguro de salud. Debido a la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio, más personas tienen ahora, más que nunca, la seguridad que brinda un seguro de salud. Al entrar en vigor las disposiciones de…

Today we join Ukrainians here in America and around the world to remember the catastrophe of the Holodomor, and the millions of innocent Ukrainians who starved to death more than eight decades ago as a result of the brutal policies of Joseph Stalin’s regime. It was the Soviet regime’s deliberate seizure of Ukrainian crops and…