Category: July 2010

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2010 Background on the President’s Recovery Act Announcement Tomorrow Tomorrow, President Obama will announce investment in sixty-six new Recovery Act broadband projects nationwide that, according to the grantees, will not only directly create approximately 5,000 jobs up front, but will also help…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2010 Remarks by the President on Monthly Employment Numbers Andrews Air Force Base 9:38 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Before I depart, I’d like to say a quick word about the state of our economy. This morning, we received the…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2010 Message from the President Regarding Independence Day Today we celebrate the 234th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of a great experiment, American democracy.  In every corner of our country, we recall the valor and…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2010 FACT SHEET: Executive Order on Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States Today, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order that directs fundamental changes to the way highly hazardous pathogens and toxins in the United…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 02, 2010 Remarks by the President and the Vice President at a Memorial Service for Senator Robert C. Byrd West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia 1:09 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Bishop, Reverend Clergy, Mona and Marjorie, the entire Byrd family —…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 01, 2010 Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform American University School of International Service, Washington, D.C. 11:12 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Everyone please have a seat.  Thank you very much.  Let me…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 01, 2010 Remarks by the President Honoring the Women’s Professional Soccer Champion Sky Blue East Room 5:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  What’s going on, guys?   Thank you, thank you, everybody.  Everybody have a seat.  Well, hello.  Welcome to the White House. …

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 01, 2010 Statement by the President on H.R. 2194 Today, I have signed into law H.R. 2194, the “Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010”. This Act builds upon the recently passed United Nations Security Council Resolution and its strong foundation…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 01, 2010 Readout of the President’s Briefing Today on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill President Obama and Vice-President Biden received a briefing today from Secretary Napolitano, Secretary Chu, Secretary Salazar, Administrator Jackson, Administrator Lubchenco, Carol Browner and other senior administration officials on…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 01, 2010 President Obama Signs Maine Disaster Declaration The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Maine and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the…