Category: Jul2015
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Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 3236
On Friday, July 31, 2015, the President signed into law: H.R. 3236, the “Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015,” which extends through October 29, 2015, authority and funding for the Department of Transportation’s surface transportation programs and transfers $8.1 billion from the Treasury General Fund to the Highway Trust Fund;…
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President Obama Signs Iowa Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of June 20-25, 2015. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and…
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Statement by the Press Secretary on the Death of Mullah Mohammed Omar
The U.S. Intelligence Community assesses that Mullah Mohammed Omar, the former leader of the Afghan Taliban, is dead. While the exact circumstances of his death remain uncertain, it is clear that his demise, after decades of war and thousands of lives lost, represents a chance for yet more progress on the path to a stable,…
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Remarks by the President at Signing of the Extension of Highway Funding Bill
Oval Office 11:35 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, I am about to sign a three-month extension of our highway funding. And that’s a good thing, because if this wasn’t in front of me and ready for signature, we would end up having projects all across the country that would be closing after midnight. On the…
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FACT SHEET: The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address HIV in the United States over the next five years. In 2010, the President launched the nation’s first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Strategy has changed the way…
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President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Robert Porter Jackson – Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Department of State Michael Michaud – Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training, Department of Labor John E. Sparks – Judge, United States Court of Appeals…
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President Obama Announces Another Key Administration Post
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Eric D. Eberhard – Member, Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: Eric…
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President Obama Nominates Seven to Serve on the United States District Courts
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, President Obama nominated Judge Susan Paradise Baxter, Inga S. Bernstein, Judge Gary Richard Brown, Judge Robert John Colville, Judge Marilyn Jean Horan, Judge Dax Eric López, and Judge John Milton Younge to serve on the United States District Courts. “Throughout their careers, these nominees have displayed unwavering commitment to justice and…
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Presidential Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Darryl L. DePriest, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration, vice Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, resigned. Eric Drake Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2018,…
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Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Susan Paradise Baxter, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Sean J. McLaughlin, resigned. Inga S. Bernstein, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, vice Douglas P. Woodlock, retired. Gary Richard Brown, of New York, to…