Category: May 2010

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 08, 2010 Weekly Address: President Obama Praises the Benefits and Successes of Health Reform Already in Effect WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama highlighted the ways in which health reform is already holding insurance companies more accountable and giving consumers…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 07, 2010 President Obama Signs California Disaster Declaration The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by an earthquake beginning on April 4,…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 07, 2010 President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 5/7/10 WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: • Phillip Carter, Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Department of State • Gerald Feierstein, Ambassador…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 07, 2010 Senior Administration Officials Visit Tennessee to Support Response and Recovery Efforts WASHINGTON—President Obama has dispatched senior officials from across the federal government to visit Tennessee as the Administration continues its swift, aggressive response to severe weather and flooding in the state.…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 07, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary, 5/7/10 ON FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010, THE PRESIDENT SIGNED INTO LAW: H.R. 4360, which designates the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center as the “Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 06, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary elow please find an update on the situation in Greece from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: The President continues to be briefed regularly on the situation in Greece during his daily briefings.  The President was…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 06, 2010 President Obama Signs Maryland Disaster Declaration The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Maryland and ordered Federal aid to supplement the State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and snowstorms…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 06, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary on the President’s Southeastern Flooding Briefing “This morning, President Obama was briefed by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan on the ongoing efforts in response to the severe weather and flooding in Tennessee…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 06, 2010 Statement by President Obama on Consumer Protection and Financial Reform Nearly two years after the collapse on Wall Street that cost over 8 million jobs on Main Street, the American people deserve strong, tough reform that will help prevent another financial…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 05, 2010 Statement of President Obama on the Death of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua “We are saddened by the news of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s passing, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Yar’Adua family and the people of Nigeria as they…