Category: Oct 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:          Todd C. Chapman – Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Department of State          Steven Michael Haro – Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Commerce          John Kotek – Assistant Secretary for…

Arne Duncan has been one of the best Secretaries of Education in our nation’s history. Over the past 7 years, he has been a dynamic leader who brings unparalleled energy to his work. During his time as Secretary, Arne has made almost unprecedented strides in changing the direction of education in this country through his work to…

State Dining Room 3:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Please be seated, everybody.  Good afternoon. Arne Duncan is one of my longest-serving Cabinet Secretaries, and he’s been a friend for a lot longer than that.  So it’s with some regret and sorrow that I’ve accepted his decision to return to our hometown of Chicago.  After more…

State Dining Room 3:55 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  I’m going to take a couple of questions from the press.  But first, a few additional pieces of business. First of all, we learned today that our businesses created another 118,000 new jobs in September, which means that we now have had 67 straight months of job…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 6:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  There’s been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon. That means there are more American families — moms, dads, children — whose lives have been changed forever.  That means there’s another community stunned with grief, and communities…