We are mere feet from the finish line to passing into law historic, fiscally responsible health insurance reform that will give more choice and security to those with health insurance, provide access to coverage to those without, improve the quality of health care for us all, and provide the most deficit reduction of any bill […]
Click here to see the video. Following her cover story for Newsweek, the First Lady talked with Newsweek’s Editor Jon Meacham about her Let’s Move campaign at the Newseum in Washington D.C. today. She discussed the magnitude of the problem of childhood obesity, especially during current times as a busier culture. We’re also a culture […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s briefing to the Security Council on the situation on the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, in New York today, 24 March: I welcome this opportunity to brief the Security Council at this important juncture in our work for peace in the Middle East. As you know, I […]
[Update from Matt Flavin, who completed deployments to Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq and serves as Director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy: As a proud VFW member, I want to underscore that the health reform legislation being voted on today will not adversely impact our nation’s veterans. In fact, during his time in office, President […]
Click here to see the video. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, President Obama met with the Taoiseach of Ireland Brian Cowen this morning. The President thanked the Taoiseach for Ireland’s assistance on important international issues and said that the U.S. and Ireland will be working together to address world hunger. The President later attended […]
United Nations civilian personnel continue to be arrested and detained around the world by vengeful actors in proxy fights that have nothing to do with them, Staff Union President Stephen Kisambira said on the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, to be observed on 25 March. The constant […]
Increasingly desperate opponents of health reform continue their effort to shift the debate from the popular aspects of reform, such as more consumer protections for people, competitive marketplaces that offer small businesses health insurance at reasonable rates, and the reduction of overall health care costs over time. Instead, opponents of reform often choose to invent […]
[UPDATE: This event has now concluded.] This morning HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius takes to the virtual pages of Yahoo! News to make the case once more on the urgency of reform for countless Americans for whom a health crisis puts their entire life in shambles. She harkens back to Natoma’s story, which the President told in […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, delivered by Maxwell Gaylard, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in Vienna today, 24 March: It is my pleasure to send greetings […]
In his remarks to the House Democratic Caucus yesterday, President Obama put the upcoming health insurance reform effort into a larger context with some powerful thoughts about how he got invovled in politics and what moments like now mean for the country. Click here to see the video. Here are some particularly poignant thoughts from […]
