President Barack Obama tosses a Soccket ball in the air at the Ubongo Power Plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 2, 2013. As it is used, the ball is able to create and store kinetic energy as a battery. Standing with the President, from left, are: Paul Hinks, CEO Symbion Power; Jay Ireland, President […]
This afternoon, the Senate unanimously confirmed Todd Hughes to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Like all of the President’s judicial nominees, Hughes has the intellect, experience, integrity, and temperament to be a successful judge. He is also gay. The United States Courts of Appeals are the second-highest courts […]
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy at the Ford Kansas City Stamping Plant in Liberty, Mo., Sept. 20, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Last Friday, President Obama delivered remarks at a suburban Kansas City, MO Ford Motor Co. stamping plant – a plant that recently had to bring on a […]
Last week Vice President Joe Biden led a diplomatic delegation to Mexico to launch the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue and meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto. Fonte: White House
The text of the Secretary-General’s remarks at the working breakfast for the Informal Ministerial Consultations of la Francophonie: High-level Dialogue, on 23 September is not available in English. For the French text, please see http://www.un.org/News/fr-press/docs/2013/SGSM15305.doc.htm. * *** * Fonte: UN
Today, at the UN General Assembly, I had the privilege of co-hosting an event to mark the one year anniversary of the launch of the Equal Futures Partnership – a coalition of countries who have committed to take action to remove barriers to opportunity and promote equality for women and girls in our countries. I […]
Ed. Note: This is cross-posted from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. You can see the original post here. Today we’ve reached yet another milestone on the road to affordable health care: 100 days to coverage. For years, millions of Americans have been denied the security and peace of mind of having health insurance. Too […]
On Tuesday, September 24, President Obama will join former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting for a conversation about the benefits and future of health care reform in America, and access to health care around the globe. Tomorrow, tune in right here watch live, starting at 5:00 pm ET. (A livestream […]
Watch on YouTube On Sunday, President Obama spoke at a memorial service to honor the victims of the Navy Yard shooting, and to thank first responders for their work. “We know that no words we offer today are equal to the magnitude, to the depths of that loss,” the President told the families of the […]
Ed. Note: Earlier today, Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer sent a message to the White House email list on the fiscal debate here in Washington. Didn't get the message? Sign up for updates. Right now, Congress has two jobs: to pass a budget that invests in the middle class and to pay the bills it has already […]
