Category: Jul2015

Today, the President will travel to Durant, Oklahoma, to announce ConnectHome, a new initiative with communities, the private sector, and federal government to expand high speed broadband to more families across the country. The pilot program is launching in twenty-seven cities and one tribal nation and will initially reach over 275,000 low-income households – and…

Hoy el Presidente viajará a Durant, OK para anunciar ConnectHome, una serie de nuevas asociaciones entre comunidades, el sector privado y el gobierno federal para extender el acceso a banda ancha de alta velocidad a más familias en todo el país. Este programa piloto se está lanzando en veintisiete ciudades e inicialmente abarcará a casi…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order creating a Presidential Emergency Board to investigate and to make recommendations for settlement of the current disputes between the New Jersey Transit Rail and certain of its employees. The Executive Order established the Presidential Emergency Board effective July 16, 2015, and the Emergency Board…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Susan Coppedge – Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with rank of Ambassador at Large, Department of State Jessie Roberson – Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Marc Jonathan Sievers – Ambassador to the Sultanate…

While we must continue to provide assistance to countries in crisis, fragile states and the world’s poorest, development assistance must be more than a tool to merely alleviate the effects of poverty. It must also be a tool to spur transformation. Since 2010, the United States has sharpened the focus of our global development investments…

The President spoke by phone today with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation to discuss the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached among the P5+1, the European Union, and Iran regarding Iran’s nuclear program.  The President thanked President Putin for Russia’s important role in achieving this milestone, the culmination of nearly 20 months…

Durant High School Durant, Oklahoma 6:07 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Oklahoma!  (Applause.)  Halito! AUDIENCE:  Halito! THE PRESIDENT:  Everybody, please have a seat.  Have a seat.  It’s good to see you.  How is everybody doing?  (Applause.) First of all, Michelle says hi.  (Laughter.)  And I want to thank all of you for helping to build…

Preamble and General Provisions The full implementation of this JCPOA will ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program. Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop, or acquire any nuclear weapons. This JCPOA will produce the comprehensive lifting of all UN Security Council sanctions as well as multilateral and national…

Readout of the President’s Calls with President Francois Hollande of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini of the European Union The President spoke separately today with President Hollande of France, Chancellor Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister…

Today the President will lay out the case for meaningful juvenile and criminal justice reform that makes our system, fairer, smarter and more cost-effective while keeping the American people safe and secure.  Across the political spectrum, there is a growing consensus to make reforms to the juvenile and criminal justice systems to ensure that criminal…