Category: Apr2015

South Lawn 2:27 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Welcome to the White House.  Please have a seat.  And, well, maybe before you have a seat, give it up for the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots!  (Applause.)  All right, now you can have a seat. A couple of points I’d make at the outset. …

Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Washington, D.C. 7:29 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Ron, Mr. Ambassador, my name is Joe Biden, and everybody knows I love Israel. I was thinking as Ron was saying that he doesn’t know what it’s like in Catholic families — whether we argue as much as allegedly occurs in Jewish families. …

The United States welcomes the decision by the Government of Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners to conclude Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen.  With this announcement, we look forward to a shift from military operations to the rapid, unconditional resumption of all-party negotiations that allow Yemen to resume an inclusive political transition process as envisioned…

National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with Foreign Minister Nikolaos Kotzias of Greece.  Ambassador Rice and the Foreign Minister discussed a range of security issues in Europe and the Middle East, including Russia’s actions in Ukraine.  They agreed that full implementation of the three Minsk agreements is essential to resolving the crisis in…

East Room 11:05 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  How are you guys doing today? CHILD:  Great! MRS. OBAMA:  Great!  Was that a — that was great.  It’s been great?  Why has it been so great? CHILD:  It’s fun. MRS. OBAMA:  It’s fun. CHILD:  Because we’re at the White House. MRS. OBAMA:  You’re at the White House! …

The Everglades, Florida 3:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  Please have a seat.  It’s good to be back in Florida.  So I can’t think of a better way to spend Earth Day than in one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures, the Everglades.  (Applause.)  And anybody who comes here to visit — and I…

This year, as part of her Reach Higher initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver commencement addresses at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL; Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH; and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Preparatory High School (King College Prep) in Chicago, IL. All of these institutions are doing their part to answer the…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to subsections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b), (d)) (the “Act”), the text of a proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America…

This afternoon Denis McDonough and Ben Rhodes hosted leaders from the Armenian Assembly of America and the Armenian National Committee of America to discuss the upcoming centennial commemoration of the 1915 atrocities against Armenians.  Recalling the deep ties between the Armenian and American peoples, they discussed the significance of this occasion for honoring the 1.5…

National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey.  Ambassador Rice and the Minister discussed concrete ways to strengthen our cooperation against ISIL and foreign fighters and reviewed the train and equip program for vetted members of the moderate Syrian opposition.  Ambassador Rice encouraged the Minister to take concrete…