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This afternoon, Senators Schumer and McCain briefed me on the bipartisan immigration reform bill that they have drafted with their colleagues in the Senate.  This bill is clearly a compromise, and no one will get everything they wanted, including me.  But it is largely consistent with the principles that I have repeatedly laid out for…

On April 15, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon held discussions with President Putin, Security Council Secretary General Patrushev, Foreign Minister Lavrov, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ushakov on the full range of bilateral and global issues in preparation for the meeting between President Obama and President Putin on the margins of the G8 Summit and a U.S. –…

On Monday, April 15, 2013, the President signed into law: S. 716, which eliminates the requirement in the STOCK Act to make available on official websites the financial disclosure forms of employees of the executive and legislative branches other than the President, the Vice President, Members of and candidates for Congress, and several specified Presidentially…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Vernon S. Broderick to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. “I am proud to nominate this outstanding candidate to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama.  “Vernon Broderick has a long and distinguished record of service,…

President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to attend the Funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher. The Honorable George Shultz, former Secretary of State, and The Honorable James A. Baker, III, former Secretary of State, will lead the delegation. Members of the…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Rachel Elise Barkow – Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission Judge Charles R. Breyer – Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission The President also announced his intent to appoint the following individual to a key Administration post: Thomas…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Judge William H. Pryor Jr., Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission Judge William H. Pryor Jr.:  Nominee for Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission Judge William H. Pryor Jr. currently serves as a United States…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Rachel Elise Barkow, of New York, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2017, vice Beryl A. Howell, term expired. Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31,…

THE PRESIDENT:  Roll Tide!  (Applause.)  Everybody, have a seat.  Have a seat here.  It is a great pleasure to welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide to the White House — again.  (Applause.)   I want to congratulate them on winning their 15th National Championship — and their third in four years.  They are starting to learn their…

Good afternoon, everybody.  Earlier today, I was briefed by my homeland security team on the events in Boston. We’re continuing to monitor and respond to the situation as it unfolds.  And I’ve directed the full resources of the federal government to help state and local authorities protect our people, increase security around the United States…