The Vice President is now accepting applications to the United States service academies online. Starting today, potential Cadets and Midshipmen will be able to apply through a more efficient, paperless process. The Vice President is authorized to nominate individuals to the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies, and is the only nominating authority […]
I’m happy to announce that today we launch the White House Urban Affairs website. This effort is an important addition to our ongoing conversation on the Future of America’s Cities and Metropolitan Areas. We have already met with many urban stakeholders, elected officials, and academics; and we’ve been around the country visiting places that are […]
Growing up on a ranch in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, my parents taught me and my seven brothers and sisters that our way of life depended on the health of the lands, waters, and wildlife around us. Though we had no television, electricity, or telephones on our ranch, the beauty of our surroundings […]
On Wednesday, February 17th, on the one-year anniversary of the Recovery Act, I had the pleasure to help celebrate and support recovery from addiction at the opening of a transitional residential program for women in Knoxville, Tennessee. The program, which received money from a grant made possible by the Recovery Act, will help approximately 45 […]
Today, I joined President Obama and Colin Powell to reaffirm our strong commitment to addressing the graduation crisis in America’s high schools. America’s prosperity in the 21st century rests on how well we prepare our children for success in college and in the workplace. Because economic progress and educational achievement go hand in hand, educating […]
My wife Alma and I are honored to have President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joining us today to announce a new multi-year campaign to mobilize all Americans to help end the high school dropout crisis. We call this work Grad Nation. For the past two years, America’s Promise Alliance has been traveling […]
Results Clear 15 Years after Beijing ? More and More People Realize Gender Equality Key to Development, Peace, Security, High-level Segment Hears Fifteen years after world leaders adopted the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on gender equality and women?s empowerment, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro urged Government ministers to replicate successful policies and […]
The Fifth Committee (Budgetary and Administrative) today began the first part of its resumed session, expected to last three weeks, approving the first week of its programme of work and taking up the report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2009 and programme of work for 2010. The Unit?s report was introduced by Gérard […]
Delegates also Debate Need for International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion Opening its 2010 session today, the Special Committee charged with weighing proposals to enhance the United Nations Charter heard from more than a dozen delegations on the application and impact of sanctions and on assistance to third States affected by them. It also […]
On 1 March, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from its Consolidated List. The assets freeze and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009) therefore no longer apply to the following two entities: Removed from Al-Qaida […]
