The White House LGBT Conference on HIV/AIDS will provide advocates, community leaders, and members of the public with an opportunity to engage with the Obama Administration on issues related to the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the LGBT community and HIV/AIDS-related health disparities, with a specific focus on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. You’ll be […]
In his video message, President Obama speaks for all Americans who remember the courageous and selfless acts of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. In 2012, Sweden is celebrating the 100thanniversary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg, a diplomat who chose not to be indifferent and to rise to a higher moral calling. We remember and revere this courageous […]
This week, the President visited one of the Sunshine State’s largest ports, attended the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, announced new steps to strengthen oversight of energy markets, welcomed champion NASCAR drivers and the Alabama Crimson Tide football team to the White House, and traveled to Ohio to speak with unemployed workers about the importance […]
President Barack Obama is presented with a jersey and helmet from Coach Nick Saban and the 2011 BCS National Champion University of Alabama football team, on the South Lawn of the White House, April 19, 2012. The President welcomed the Crimson Tide to the White House to honor their 14th championship and their exceptional 2011-2012 […]
President Barack Obama participates in a roundtable with unemployed workers who are students in Lorain County Community College job training programs, at Lorain Community College in Elyria, Ohio, April 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Obama was in Elyria, Ohio today where he met with students at Lorain County Community College. […]
While 1 in 3 women in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some time in their lives, domestic violence doesn’t stay within the four walls of someone’s home. It often spills over in to the workplace and can affect the safety and productivity of employees. Victims are often […]
The financial crisis and the recession both began when the housing bubble burst. Since then, home prices have plummeted, and today, millions of American families with little to no equity in their homes remain locked in mortgages at high interest rates. Despite staying current with payments, they can’t refinance at today’s historically low interest rates. President Obama has already worked to help make sure […]
Today, Dr. Jill Biden will visit Reading Area Community College (RACC) as part of her “Community College to Career” tour. You can watch the livestream, starting at 12:15 PM ET. Fonte: White House
Small businesses are the engine of the American economy. Over the past 17 years, they have generated 65 percent of all net jobs and today the 27.5 million small businesses in the U.S. employ about half of all private sector workers. The Affordable Care Act is helping fix a health care market that has been […]
All eyes were on the sky above the White House this morning as Space Shuttle Discovery did a lap across the nation’s capital. The Shuttle was getting a piggyback ride from a Boeing 747 jet — known as NASA 905 — as it made its way from the Kennedy Space Center to Washington Dulles International Airport for delivery […]
