The President’s health care law gives hard working, middle-class families the security they deserve. The Affordable Care Act forces insurance companies to play by a new set of common sense rules, prohibiting them from dropping your coverage if you get sick, billing you into bankruptcy through annual or lifetime limits, and, soon, discriminating against anyone with […]
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House, April 30, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today, President Obama and Prime Minister Noda of Japan met to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan Alliance, a 60-year-old partnership between the two nations based […]
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Speaking to 3,000 attendees of the Building and Construction Trades Department conference in Washington, DC this morning, President Obama made an argument for […]
As April comes to a close, we wrap up the Month of the Military Child. Earlier this month, the First Lady and I celebrated the one-year anniversary of Joining Forces. Over the past year, it has been so inspiring to see the commitments made by Americans across the country to support our military families—especially our military children. […]
We would like to share a few manufacturing initiatives that reached important milestones during the past week. Launch of Manufacturing.Data.Gov President Obama has said that an economy built to last is one that is based not only on consuming goods but on making things. That’s why we’re proud to announce the launch of Manufacturing.Data.Gov. This […]
One year after the raid that delivered justice to Osama Bin Laden, John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, will deliver remarks on the Efficacy and Ethics of the President’s Counterterrorism Strategy at the Woodrow Wilson Center at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 30, 2012. On May 1, 2011, President […]
I’m on my way back from London where we’ve just wrapped-up the third Clean Energy Ministerial. This innovative forum brings public and private sector leaders from around the world together to accelerate the transition to clean energy technologies. This year’s meeting was especially exciting. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron attended one of our sessions and U.N. Secretary-General Ban […]
Today’s advance estimate indicates that the economy posted its 11th straight quarter of positive growth, as real GDP (the total amount of goods and services produced in the country) grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of this year (see first graph below). While the continued expansion of the economy is encouraging, […]
President Barack Obama attends the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) On Saturday night, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, which was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The annual event, which has been […]
President Obama discusses a new Executive Order designed to crack down on the bad actors who prey on our veterans and service members considering higher education. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Fonte: White House
