As you’ve heard in some of our travel updates, there are a lot of things you can do on Air Force One. You can use computers, make phone calls, use the Internet. One thing you can’t do is avoid surprise birthday celebrations. Yesterday, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett and Deputy National Security Advisor […]
When I accepted the President’s gracious offer to serve as his Ambassador in China earlier this year, I knew that the job would be challenging, exciting and rewarding. As Air Force One heads to Shanghai, I am preparing to greet a President who has won the respect and confidence of China’s leaders through his thoughtful […]
For several weeks the insurance industry lobby has been releasing alarmist reports about draconian the health care premium increases that could result from health reform. Despite being roundly and thoroughly debunked, the insurance lobby continues to release these studies and push their bogus conclusion about cost increases. Wonder why? Because insurance companies can profit from […]
Ed. Note: Keep up with the President on our page dedicated to his trip through Asia. Tomorrow, November 16, President Obama will have a town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai, China. Holding the event in Shanghai is symbolic as the Shanghai Communique was announced here and helped pave the way for normalization and […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 56,000 Americans become infected with HIV each year. A lot needs to be done to halt the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and, thankfully, we have effective tools at our disposal. Chief among these tools is HIV testing. CDC estimates that 21% of people […]
On Saturday in Singapore, I spoke to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit on behalf of President Obama. In my remarks to this gathering of more than 800 business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region, I spoke of the robust and beneficial trade relationships that the United States enjoys with our 20 fellow APEC […]
Click here to see the video. “And when all is said and done, part of why I believe so strongly in reforming our health care system is because of the difference it will make for these women who gave us life — so simple — these women who raised us, these women who supported us […]
Click here to see the video. Though the local time was 3pm, as I walked down the main corridor aboard Air Force One, it may as well have been the middle of the night given row after row of sleeping people. This is officially day three of the President’s trip to Asia, and if our […]
Click here to see the video. While getting ready to do this taping with Jon Favreau, the President’s Chief Speechwriter, my Blackberry was buzzing in my pocket, carrying new instructions for a motorcade movement, pushed up by over 2 hours. What was going to a leisurely stroll to find the perfect location for our Japan […]
Read translations of the President’s speech in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese or Korean. For some, our relationship with the nations of Asia may not always be at the forefront of their minds. The President’s sweeping speech at Suntory Hall in Tokyo was a powerful argument for why that should not be so. Indeed the President noted that to […]
