Category: 2015
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Statement by the President on the U.S. Military Plane Crash in Afghanistan
Michelle and I extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of the six U.S. Airmen and five contractors who lost their lives in a military plane crash in Jalalabad, Afghanistan yesterday. In addition to the Americans we mourn, we also are saddened that Afghan civilians lost their lives in this incident. As we…
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Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen
We are deeply concerned about recent reports of civilians killed in Mokha, Yemen on September 28. We were also shocked and saddened by the deaths of the Yemen Red Crescent Society volunteers in Taiz on the same day. We take all credible accounts of civilian deaths very seriously and again call on all sides of…
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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: 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…
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Vice President Biden Statement on the Resignation of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
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…
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Remarks by the President, Secretary Arne Duncan, and Dr. John King in Personnel Announcement
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…
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Press Conference by the President
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…
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Statement by the President on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
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…
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Readout of Vice President Biden’s Meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi
The Vice President met today on the margins of the UN General Assembly with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. They discussed a range of bilateral issues defining the close and strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq, including the fight against ISIL, security cooperation, political and economic reforms. The Vice President commended Prime Minister…
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Executive Order — Continuance or Reestablishment of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – CONTINUANCE OR REESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES By the authority vested in me as President, by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and consistent with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is…
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Statement from the Press Secretary on the Passage of H.R. 719
With today’s bipartisan vote, Congress has taken a step away from the brink – and the President will sign the bill into law once he receives it. But, the American people deserve far better than last-minute, short-term legislating. That’s why Congress should pass a budget that reverses harmful spending cuts known as sequestration to allow…