Category: July 2012

University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida 5:59 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  You all look good.  Oh my goodness.  Wow.  Four more year years!  Four more years! AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years! MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you so much.  We will get it done.  We will get it done with your help,…

500 rail industry companies to hire over 5,000 veterans in 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Association of American Railroads (AAR) President and CEO Ed Hamberger and Joining Forces Executive Director Brad Cooper announced that the railroad industry will hire more than 5,000 veterans in 2012. Five hundred companies and organizations…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: • Dorothy Kosinski – Member, National Council on the Humanities • Dawn M. Liberi – Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, Department of State • Stephen D. Mull – Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Department of State • Walter…

On July 11, we honor the memory of the over 8,000 innocent men and boys – brothers and husbands, fathers and sons – who were brutally murdered in Srebrenica 17 years ago in a brazen act of genocide that shocked the world.  The name Srebrenica will forever be associated with some of the darkest acts…

East Room 12:08 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Everybody, have a seat.  Have a seat.  Good afternoon, everybody.  I’m glad things have cooled off a little bit.  I know folks were hot.  (Laughter.) We’re here today to talk about taxes — something that everybody obviously cares deeply about.  And…

On Monday, July 9, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 33, the “Church Plan Investment Clarification Act,” which amends the Securities Act of 1933 to provide specifically for an exemption from SEC requirements in connection with church pension plans participating in collective trust funds; H.R. 2297, which makes technical amendments to the District of…

WASHINGTON, DC—In this week’s address, President Obama spoke to the American people from Ohio about a bill signed on Friday that does two important things: it keeps thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and it stops interest rates on federal loans from doubling this year for more than seven million…

On behalf of the American people, I extend my congratulations to the people of Libya for another milestone on their extraordinary transition to democracy. After more than 40 years in which Libya was in the grip of a dictator, today’s historic election underscores that the future of Libya is in the hands of the Libyan…

Dobbins School Poland, Ohio 10:55 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Ohio!  (Applause.)  How’s it going, Poland?  Well, it is good to be here.  Everybody have a seat.  It is good to be here in Poland.  (Applause.) A couple of people I just want to acknowledge.  First of all, give Dan a big round of applause,…

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2:17 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Pittsburgh!  (Applause.)  It is good to be back in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  (Applause.) A couple of people I want to acknowledge.  First of all, one of my favorite people, one of our finest United States Senators  — give it up for Bob Casey.  (Applause.)  I…