Category: June 2010

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 24, 2010 Readout of the President’s Call with Australian Prime Minister Gillard President Obama spoke with Prime Minister Gillard this evening to offer his congratulations on her assumption of the position of Prime Minister of Australia.  The President praised the special alliance between…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 24, 2010 Statement by the President on Passage of the DISCLOSE Act in the House of Representatives “I congratulate the House of Representatives on today’s passage of the DISCLOSE Act, a critical piece of legislation to control the flood of special interest money…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 24, 2010 Readout of the President’s Call with Colombian President-Elect Santos Earlier today President Obama called Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos to congratulate him on his historic victory in Sunday’s run-off election.  The President and President-elect Santos discussed their shared desire to deepen…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 24, 2010 President Obama Signs Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Disaster Declaration The President today declared a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 24, 2010 Readout on the President’s Call to Congratulate the U.S. Men’s World Cup Soccer Team Earlier today President Obama called the U.S. Men’s World Cup Soccer team. The President congratulated them on their extraordinary victory and told them that while he was…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 23, 2010 Statement by the President in the Rose Garden Rose Garden 1:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  Today I accepted General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.  I did so with considerable regret, but…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 23, 2010 Readout of the President’s Call with British Prime Minister Cameron Following up on earlier conversations between their national security teams, President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron spoke today on Afghanistan.  The Prime Minister confirmed that U.K. Lieutenant General Nick Parker would…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 23, 2010 Readout of President Obama’s Call with President Karzai In a call earlier today, President Obama informed President Karzai of his decision to accept General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation  and his intent to nominate General David Petraeus to assume command of the International…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 23, 2010 Geithner and Summers Pen Joint Op-ed: ‘Our Agenda for the G-20’ Excerpts of the op-ed by Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geither and National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers are printed below.  The op-ed, in its entirety, can be found online…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 22, 2010 Remarks by the President after Cabinet Meeting Cabinet Room 5:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, we just finished up a Cabinet meeting with obviously a very wide-ranging agenda.  One of the first things we talked about was the progress that we’re…