Category: Aug 2015

Michelle and I send our best wishes to President Carter for a fast and full recovery. Our thoughts and prayers are with Rosalynn and the entire Carter family as they face this challenge with the same grace and determination that they have shown so many times before. Jimmy, you’re as resilient as they come, and…

Two years ago, in Berlin, the President formally announced his plan to host a fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit in 2016.  The Summit will be held March 31-April 1, 2016, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. As the President stated in his speech in Prague in 2009, nuclear terrorism is…

The President yesterday declared a major disaster exists for the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and ordered federal aid to supplement the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s efforts in the area affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of May 8-29, 2015. The President’s action makes federal funding available…

National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice spoke today with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, and, separately, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco spoke with Afghan National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar to express the deepest condolences of the American people on the deaths and injuries resulting from the terrible attacks yesterday…

The United States strongly condemns the recent deplorable terrorist attacks in Mali and Saudi Arabia.  Terrorists attacked a hotel in Sévaré, Mali, killing several Malian and foreign citizens.  In Saudi Arabia, a terrorist bomber attacked a mosque in Abha, taking the lives of 15 Saudi servicemen while they were at prayer.  We extend our deepest…

MP4MP3 WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by underscoring the importance of one of the most fundamental rights of our democracy – that all of us are created equal and that each of us deserves a voice.  The enactment of the Voting Rights Act wasn’t…

On Friday, August 7, 2015, the President signed into law: H.R. 1138, the “Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act,” which designates three new wilderness areas (encompassing about 275,665 acres) in Idaho as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; releases four wilderness study areas so that the land would be managed…

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE August 7, 2015 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to…

On August 17, 2001, consistent with the authority provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the President issued Executive Order 13222. In that order, he declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of…

On Friday, August 7, 2015, the President signed into law: H.R. 212, the “Drinking Water Protection Act,” which amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risk of algal toxins in drinking water; H.R. 1531, the “The Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act,” which allows temporary seasonal employees in…