Category: September2014

East Room 1:08 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Well, good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the White House.  Yay!  (Applause.)  See, I always have to loosen you guys up.  You’re in the White House, you’re a little stiff.  (Laughter.)  But let me just take a moment to notice these nice chairs — pretty nice.  This is…

1:05 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  It is an extraordinary pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Modi to the White House for the first time.  I think that the entire world has watched the historic election and mandate that the people of India delivered in the recent election.  And I think everyone has been impressed with the…

Today we mark an historic day in the U.S.-Afghan partnership that will help advance our shared interests and the long-term security of Afghanistan. After nearly two years of hard work by negotiating teams on both sides, earlier today in Kabul the United States and the new Afghan Government of National Unity signed a Bilateral Security…

Today we mark an historic day in the U.S.-Afghan partnership that will help advance our shared interests and the long-term security of Afghanistan. After nearly two years of hard work by negotiating teams on both sides, earlier today in Kabul the United States and the new Afghan Government of National Unity signed a Bilateral Security…

The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and the President of the United States of America Barack Obama met this morning.  Marking their first bilateral summit, the President recognized the Prime Minister’s historic election victory in the largest democratic election ever held. The two leaders extolled the broad strategic and global partnership between the United…

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Tom Frieden updated the President this afternoon on the recently-diagnosed Ebola case in Dallas, Texas. The President and Director Frieden discussed the stringent isolation protocols under which the patient is being treated as well as ongoing efforts to trace the patient’s contacts to mitigate…

NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH, 2014 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Americans with disabilities lead thriving businesses, teach our children, and serve our Nation; they are innovators and pioneers of technology.  In urban centers and rural communities, they carry forward our Nation’s…

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Tom Frieden updated the President this afternoon on the recently-diagnosed Ebola case in Dallas, Texas. The President and Director Frieden discussed the stringent isolation protocols under which the patient is being treated as well as ongoing efforts to trace the patient’s contacts to mitigate…

Wisconsin Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin 4:41 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA:  Wow!  (Applause.)  I’m so excited to be in Milwaukee today!  (Applause.) Let me start — let me begin — AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love you, Michelle!  (Applause.) MRS. OBAMA:  I love you.  And I love our dear friend, the next governor of Wisconsin, Mary Burke.  (Applause.)  I…

On Monday, September 29, 2014, the President signed into law: H.R. 4323, the “Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014,” which authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice for each of Fiscal Years 2015-2019 in the amount of:  $151 million for the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program; $12.5 million for DNA training and education programs;…