The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General has followed the important preparations for the Kosovo municipal elections to be held on 3 November. He welcomes the progress achieved and the determination of all parties to ensure inclusive elections, free of intimidation and violence. He calls on […]
Talking Health Care at Boston’s Faneuil Hall: The President traveled to Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall on Wednesday to speak about the Affordable Care Act. Besides just being a beautiful landmark, Faneuil Hall is where Massachusetts’s bipartisan health care law was signed into law, which served as a model for the Affordable Care Act. The health […]
Two weeks ago, the United States government teamed up with the Government of Malaysia, which hosted the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur. President Obama hosted the first Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Washington, DC in 2010, after he announced the initiative in a speech he delivered in Cairo in 2009. In those remarks, he spoke […]
President Obama and I believe that we have a moral obligation to the next generation to leave our land, water, and wildlife better than we found it. Yesterday, I spoke at the National Press Club to build out the Administration’s vision for conservation that will strengthen our economy and ensure that we pass along our […]
America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. We know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private e-mail. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems. We cannot look […]
Vice President Joe Biden meets with disability advocates in his ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Nov. 1, 2013. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) Today, Vice President Biden met with the leaders of 20 disabilities and veterans advocacy groups at the White House to discuss the Disabilities Treaty. In the coming […]
As David Simas, Assistant to the President, explains below, the Affordable Care Act has a lot to offer for young people. As a Health & Human Services report out last night shows, half of single young adults eligible for the Health Insurance Marketplace could get coverage for $50 a month or less. Watch on YouTube […]
“…the White House seems to stand upon a hill, gleaming like a Jack-o’-Lantern…” – Oliver T. Morton, The Atlantic Monthly, 1884 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hand out Halloween treats to local children and children of military families are trick-or treating at the South Portico of the White House, Oct. 31, 2013. […]
President Barack Obama and FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce, center, applaud FBI Director James Comey, left, during his installation ceremony at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today, President Obama welcomed James Comey to his new post as the seventh Director of the […]
Massachusetts’s healthcare law, passed in 2006, served as a model for the Affordable Care Act, and the state’s experience during its first year of enrollment offers important lessons for what we can expect over the first six months for the ACA. For example, we know that most consumers buy health insurance close to the deadline […]
