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Vice President Biden Statement on the Resignation of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan has been one of the best Secretaries of Education in our nation’s history. Over the past 7 years, he has been a dynamic leader who brings unparalleled energy to his work. During his time as Secretary, Arne has made almost unprecedented strides in changing the direction of education in this country through his work to…
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Remarks by the President, Secretary Arne Duncan, and Dr. John King in Personnel Announcement
State Dining Room 3:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated, everybody. Good afternoon. Arne Duncan is one of my longest-serving Cabinet Secretaries, and he’s been a friend for a lot longer than that. So it’s with some regret and sorrow that I’ve accepted his decision to return to our hometown of Chicago. After more…
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Press Conference by the President
State Dining Room 3:55 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I’m going to take a couple of questions from the press. But first, a few additional pieces of business. First of all, we learned today that our businesses created another 118,000 new jobs in September, which means that we now have had 67 straight months of job…
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Statement by the President on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 6:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: There’s been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon. That means there are more American families — moms, dads, children — whose lives have been changed forever. That means there’s another community stunned with grief, and communities…
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Readout of Vice President Biden’s Meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi
The Vice President met today on the margins of the UN General Assembly with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. They discussed a range of bilateral issues defining the close and strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq, including the fight against ISIL, security cooperation, political and economic reforms. The Vice President commended Prime Minister…
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Executive Order — Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – CONTINUANCE OR REESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES By the authority vested in me as President, by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is…
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Statement from the Press Secretary on the Passage of H.R. 719
With today’s bipartisan vote, Congress has taken a step away from the brink – and the President will sign the bill into law once he receives it. But, the American people deserve far better than last-minute, short-term legislating. That’s why Congress should pass a budget that reverses harmful spending cuts known as sequestration to allow…
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Readout of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco’s Meeting with Afghan Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco met today with Chief Executive of Afghanistan Dr. Abdullah Abdullah. Ms. Monaco congratulated him on the one year anniversary of the National Unity Government, and reiterated the ongoing U.S. commitment to a stable, sovereign Afghanistan. During the meeting, Ms. Monaco praised Afghan Security Forces’…
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Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 23, H.R. 719, H.R. 2051, H.R. 3614, S. 230, S. 501 and S. 2082
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, the President signed into law: H.R. 23, the “National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015,” which reauthorizes the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program through FY 2017, and makes modifications to the Program; H.R. 719, the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016” which provides fiscal year 2016 appropriations for continuing projects and activities…
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Remarks by the President Meeting with State Legislators
South Court Auditorium Eisenhower Executive Office Building **Please see below for corrections, marked with an asterisk. 4:18 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Everybody have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. I invited all of you here because if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that you’ve got to be…