Category: May 2012

Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan 1:21 A.M. AFT THE PRESIDENT:  Hooah!  How’s everybody doing tonight?  Hooah!  (Applause.) TROOPS:  Hooah!  (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT:  It is good to be back here with all of you.  (Applause.) I’ve got a few acknowledgments I’ve got to make before I say what I’ve got to say.  First of all, somebody who…

Presidential Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan May 2, 2012 AFT 12:00 A.M. AFT PRESIDENT KARZAI:  (Interpretation begins in progress) — prosperity and peace for the people of Afghanistan. Stability in Afghanistan and peace in Afghanistan — people will sleep, will be safe in their house, and also law-abiding citizens.  Their life will be — will not threat…

Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan 4:01 A.M. AFT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening from Bagram Air Base. This outpost is more than 7,000 miles from home, but for over a decade it’s been close to our hearts. Because here, in Afghanistan, more than half a million of our sons and daughters have sacrificed to protect our country.…

Los Poblanos Ranch Albuquerque, New Mexico 3:06 P.M. MDT MRS. OBAMA:  Oh my goodness!  (Applause.)  Thank you all so much.  This is truly breathtaking.  I would just like to stay here and hang out.  (Laughter.)  But I can’t, but it is a pleasure to be here with all of you. Let me start by thanking…

Private Residence Studio City, California 7:30 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  (Applause.)  Good to see you, L.A.! (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Thank you, everybody. (Applause.)  Please everybody have a seat.  What a extraordinary evening.  It is wonderful to be with all of you. A couple of people I want to acknowledge…