Category: May 2010

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 President Obama Signs New Hampshire Disaster Declaration The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Hampshire and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 President Obama Announces US Delegation to the 63rd World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization WASHINGTON, DC–President Barack Obama today announced the designation of the following individuals to be United States Delegates to the Sixty-third World Health Assembly of the…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 Message from the President on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabalization of Iraq TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 Notice from the President on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabalization of Iraq On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President declared a national emergency protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and certain other…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 5/12/2010 WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Mark Feierstein, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID Osvaldo Gratacós, Inspector General,…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 Statement by President Obama on the American Power Act I applaud Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman for their tireless work in drafting this important legislation.  This legislation will put America on the path to a clean energy economy that will…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 Statement by President Obama on Financial Reform Throughout the debate on Wall Street reform, I have urged members of the Senate to fight the efforts of special interests and their lobbyists to weaken consumer protections.  An amendment that the Senate will…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 Joint Statement from the President and President Karzai of Afghanistan U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, accompanied by senior-level delegations, convened wide-ranging discussions on May 11-12, 2010, aimed at deepening cooperation on the shared and mutual priorities of…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 11, 2010 Statement by the President on his call with Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom Today, I was pleased to call David Cameron to extend my personal congratulations for the successful campaign that he ran and for becoming the new British…

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 11, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary on President Obama’s Call to Oklahoma Governor Henry “This afternoon, following a briefing from FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, President Obama called Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry.  The President told Governor Henry that his thoughts and prayers were…