Category: Jun2014

Warsaw Marriott Hotel Warsaw, Poland 10:45 A.M. CET PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, it is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to have my first extended meeting with President-elect Poroshenko and to hear about his plans for a peaceful and prosperous Ukraine.  Obviously, Ukraine has gone through a very challenging time.  And what we…

East Room 1:49 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much, everyone. Thank you all. Well, welcome. Rest yourselves. Thank you so much. This is a good-news day, and I am honored to welcome everyone here to the White House. I want to start by thanking Chris. Let’s give Chris a round…

 Okecie Military Airport Warsaw, Poland 10:03 A.M. CET PRESIDENT KOMOROWSKI:  (As interpreted.)  Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to be able to welcome the President of the United States here to the airport against the background of the F-16 aircraft — Polish and American aircraft. It is [a] very…

Chancellery of the Prime Minister Warsaw, Poland 2:25 P.M. CET PRIME MINISTER TUSK:  (As interpreted.)  Mr. President, I’m very happy that again here in Warsaw we had the opportunity to talk about Polish-American relations.  And with great satisfaction, I observed that so much has changed around us, but our relations and the nature of our…

Koniecpolski Palace Warsaw, Poland 3:24 P.M. CET PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, thank you very much.  Good afternoon. And along with President Komorowski, I’m very pleased to welcome our outstanding allies from across Central and Eastern Europe.  We have done this before in Prague and on my last visit to Warsaw.  And I want to thank my…

Belweder Palace Warsaw, Poland 12:25 P.M. CET PRESIDENT KOMOROWSKI:  (As interpreted.)  Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, it really is a great joy and a great satisfaction for me to be able to host the President of the United States to Poland on the 25th anniversary of regaining freedom by us. It is also a great…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Julián Castro, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Shaun L.S. Donovan. Shaun L.S. Donovan, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Sylvia Mathews Burwell.

The Vice President will lead a Presidential delegation to Kyiv on June 7 to attend the inauguration of Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko. The Vice President will also hold meetings with Ukraine’s leaders to discuss President-elect Poroshenko’s agenda, the situation in the east, and how the United States can assist Ukraine with fighting corruption, strengthening its…

Via Conference Call 2:10 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thanks, Gina.  And thanks to all the folks at EPA who worked so hard to put this plan forward.  I want to thank everybody who is on the call.  We’re going to be talking about carbon pollution and the standards that we proposed this morning. I think…

General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard Quonset Point, Rhode Island 2:24 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Good afternoon.  Wow.  All right, can I just break with protocol and say, this is really cool.  (Laughter.)  I mean, come on.  This is so nice.  (Applause.) I want to start by thanking Secretary…