On August 29, 2010, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and members of the Cabinet traveled to New Orleans to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina ...
Click here to see the video ... Learn more about the ongoing Administration-wide response to the BP Oil Spill ... This morning the President met with Members of Cabinet to discuss the administration’s ongoing response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and receive a briefing from National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen. He spoke to the press afterwards and reiterated his commitment to protecting small business owners and workers in the Gulf Coast region: ... Now, there are a number
Needless to say it was a busy day here at the White House, but the President has not taken his eye off the BP spill in the Gulf. This afternoon the President met with a number of Cabinet members and senior staff in the White House Situation Room to review BP efforts to stop the oil leak as well as to decide on next steps to ensure all is being done to contain the spread, mitigate the environmental impact and provide assistance to affected states, including individuals, businesses, and
3:37 P.M. EDT ... MR. RHODES: Thanks, everybody, for joining us on a Friday afternoon here. We just wanted to take this opportunity to give you a bit of a preview of the visit next week of President Karzai and a delegation of Afghans to the United States. I’m joined here by Doug Lute, who is the senior director on the National Security Council for Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... We see this as an important visit, another opportunity to continue our consultations with President Karzai and
Les évènements relatés ci-dessous s'inspirent de faits réels mais relèvent de la fiction. A partir de ce scénario, libre à chacun de se forger sa propre opinion. Une version courte de cet article est parue dans le numéro de mai du magazine Snatch ... *** ... Base militaire de Fort Meade, Maryland, mai 2013. Le Cyber Command américain vient de s'installer dans un bâtiment mitoyen au siège immaculé de la National Security Agency. L'année dernière, la très secrète unité de
National winner to be selected by President Obama for commencement speech ... WASHINGTON – The White House and the Department of Education announced today the top three finalists of the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge ... The top three finalists, in no particular order are: ... Clark Montessori Jr. & Sr. High School in Cincinnati, OHKalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, MIDenver School of Science and Technology in Denver, CO ... Between April 26th and
9:16 A.M. EST ... THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I am so proud of the work that the First Lady, along with the Cabinet Secretaries behind me, have done in trying to tackle one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country, and that is the increase of childhood obesity ... And because of the outstanding planning that they've done, they are going to be rolling out a terrific plan of action that involves the private sector as well as government agencies coordinating
Washington Hilton ... Washington, D.C ... 9:08 A.M. EST ... THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Please be seated ... Thank you so much. Heads of state, Cabinet members, my outstanding Vice President, members of Congress, religious leaders, distinguished guests, Admiral Mullen -- it's good to see all of you. Let me begin by acknowledging the co-chairs of this breakfast, Senators Isakson and Klobuchar, who embody the sense of fellowship at the heart of this gathering.
On December 3rd the President hosted a jobs forum with leading economic experts of all stripes. Since then, in addition to the community jobs forums held all over the country, the economic team has been digesting the information and feedback from the forum. Over the past couple days, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett has been following up with participants -- the email she has sent out is below, which included the final report from the forum ... Read the report (pdf) ... Subject: Thank you,
The President has stated on many occasions that one of his proudest accomplishments has been assembling a Cabinet of such high caliber. As the Cabinet Secretary in the White House, I have the privilege of interacting with this amazing group every day, and can attest first-hand that his pride is more than merited. Every day, the President calls on the Cabinet to provide him with advice on pressing national and international issues. He also values their work in running the federal