Category: Mar2015

Prime Minister’s Residence Tokyo, Japan 3:45 P.M. JST MRS. OBAMA:  Prime Minister, first of all, your wife is an amazing woman.  And the restaurant is good, so you have to try it.  (Laughter.)  Maybe the next time I come to visit, you can join us.  (Laughter.) But we had a very productive meeting today.  And…

Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 11:28 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, It is wonderful to be here at the Department of Energy with some of our outstanding private sector partners.  Secretary Ernie Moniz is in Geneva doing some important work on behalf of our national security, but I want to thank him and his team…

To view the President’s video message, click HERE. Hello!  To everyone celebrating Nowruz—across the United States and in countries around the world—Nowruz Mubarak. For thousands of years, this has been a time to gather with family and friends and welcome a new spring and a new year.  Last week, my wife Michelle helped mark Nowruz…

East Room 11:36 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello!  (Applause.)  Thank you so much, everybody!  Have a seat.  Well, hello, everybody, and welcome to the second annual White House Film Festival.  (Applause.)  It’s like the Sundance or Cannes of film festivals that are open to the public through a government website.  (Laughter.)  It may also be…

Hun Sen Bakorng High School Siem Reap, Cambodia 10:14 A.M. ICT MRS. OBAMA: Well, thank you, Mrs. Bun Rany. First of all, let me just thank you so much for your kindness, your hospitality, for allowing me to spend time with these amazing young women. These young women here are the reason why the President…

WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President called on Republicans in Congress to stop playing politics with law enforcement and national security and confirm Loretta Lynch as Attorney General of the United States.  Loretta is an independent, career prosecutor who deserves to be confirmed as soon as possible.  She has proven herself time…

Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Siem Reap, Cambodia 11:27 A.M. ICT MRS. OBAMA:  Well, hello.  Let me try this:  Suor Sdai.  Is that okay?  (Laughter.)  I’ll work on it. Well, hello.  It is truly a pleasure and an honor to be here in Siem Reap with all of you.  I’m grateful for the hospitality and the warmth…

East Room 12:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Hello, hello!  Thank you.  Everybody have a seat.  Thank you.  Hello, scientists.  (Laughter.) So this has got to be the most fun event of the year.  (Laughter.)  At least in the top three.  And before I go any further, though, I need to lay down…

Gaylord National Convention Center National Harbor, Maryland 2:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you. Please have a seat.  Well, thank you, everybody.  And let me begin by thanking Penny Pritzker for her outstanding leadership. We’ve got six Cabinet Secretaries and dozens of U.S. ambassadors here, which should tell you that…

East Room *Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 2:30 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Please have a seat.  Before I begin, I want to say that our thoughts and prayers are with our friends in Europe, especially the people of Germany and Spain, following a terrible airplane crash in…