Category: Speeches and Remarks

  State Dining Room 3:50 P.M. EDT DR. BIDEN:  So good afternoon, everyone.  It’s wonderful to welcome you here to the White House.  Many of you know that I’m a proud Blue Star mom, and I’m always honored to be in the presence of military families. My son Beau is a major in the Delaware…

  Lake Area Technical Institute Watertown, South Dakota 5:36 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Congratulations.  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Everybody, please have a seat.  Well, hello, Watertown!  (Applause.)  It’s good to be in South Dakota.  I want to thank Governor Daugaard and the First Lady.  Apparently, Michelle and…

Seventy years ago today, the Allied Forces declared victory in Europe over tyranny during World War II.  After more than five years of brutal fighting that took the lives of some 40 million people across the continent—including six million Jews and millions of others murdered by the Nazi regime—the forces of freedom triumphed over oppression…

  Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the…

  NOTICE – – – – – – – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC On May 12, 2014, by Executive Order 13667, I declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by…

  I congratulate Prime Minister Cameron on his impressive electoral victory.  The special and essential relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is rooted in deep and abiding shared interests and values.  I have enjoyed working closely with Prime Minister Cameron on a range of shared interests these last several years, and I…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:  Ann Calvaresi Barr – Inspector General, United States Agency for International Development  Julius Lloyd Horwich – Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education Greg Nadeau – Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation President…

  President Obama today called Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom to offer his congratulations following the outcome of the general election in the United Kingdom.  President Obama reiterated his strong commitment to the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and told the Prime Minister that he looks forward…

  East Room 2:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Welcome to the White House.  Please have a seat.  And congratulations to this year’s winners of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, the Air Force Fighting Falcons.  (Applause.) So this is the Falcons’ third trip to the White House in the last five years.  All told, it is…

  The President congratulates the Israeli people, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the new governing coalition on the formation of Israel’s new government.  President Obama looks forward to working with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his new government.  As the President has emphasized, the United States places great importance on our close military, intelligence, and security cooperation…