Category: Apr2015

Today, I issued an Executive Order that provides a new authority to respond to the threat posed by malicious cyber actors.  Cyber threats pose one of the most serious economic and national security challenges to the United States, and my Administration is pursuing a comprehensive strategy to confront them.  As we have seen in recent months, these…

Via Telephone 10:05 A.M. EDT MS. MEEHAN:  Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining this press call to discuss the President’s executive order, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities.”  It’s a mouthful. This call is on the record but will be embargoed until the end of the call,…

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, the President signed into law: H.R. 1527, the “Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015,” which allows taxpayers to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions made between January 1, 2015, and April 15, 2015, for the relief of the families of slain New York Police Department Detectives…

I congratulate the Nigerian people and their leaders on the conduct of a peaceful democratic election. One of the hallmarks of a functioning democracy is the handover of power from one elected leader to another. I have spoken to President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect Muhammadu Buhari recently, and today I commend them both on their…

President Obama today spoke with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and separately with President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari to commend them for their leadership during Nigeria’s recent election.  The President applauded President Jonathan for putting Nigeria and its people before politics by conceding the election and calling on his supporters to accept the outcome peacefully.  President Obama congratulated…