Tonight at 9 p.m. EDT President Obama will address the nation on the stalemate in Washington over avoiding default and the best approach to cutting deficits. Watch the speech live tonight at WhiteHouse.gov/live and engage with Administration Officials all week. Starting tomorrow, White House Administration Officials will hold "Office Hours" on our social networks to answer […]
Dr. Biden visits with members of the 157th Air Refueling Wing in New Hampshire at a military appreciation event Yesterday Dr. Jill Biden had the chance to participate in an annual event called “Operation Thank You!” in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Launched in 2004 as a way to thank and honor the military and their families for […]
Today, I am proud to stand with my colleagues from across the Administration as we unveil a comprehensive, cutting-edge strategy – the Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime – that will take our nation’s fight against transnational organized crime to the next level. Not only will this new strategy allow us to integrate our work […]
First Lady Michelle Obama, Ty Pennington and the “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” team watch as Barbara Summey Marshall, a 15-year Navy veteran,and her family get the first look at their new house. FIrst Lady Michelle Obama joined three thousand military and civilian volunteers last week in Fayetteville, NC to give one selfless Navy veteran the […]
Despite warnings that a short-term extension could lead to a credit downgrade and higher interest rates resulting in a tax increase on every American, Republicans in Congress continue to push for a “my way or the highway” solution that could put our credit rating at risk and leave the cloud of uncertainty over the American […]
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Don Graves, Dr Laura Tyson and Monica Lozano discuss job creation on a panel at the 2011 Conference of Mayors in Los Angeles I joined Monica Lozano, CEO of impreMedia and a fellow Jobs Council Member, and Executive Director of the Jobs Council Don Graves yesterday in Los Angeles to […]
President Obama discusses the urgency of Democrats and Republicans coming together to take a balanced approach to cutting the deficit to strengthen our economy and secure our future. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Fonte: White House
Click here to see the video. Tonight, the President held a press conference to provide an update on the ongoing budget negotiations to get our fiscal house in order and reduce our nation’s deficit to help our economy grow. Unfortunately, Speaker Boehner walked away from these negotiations as they worked towards a big deficit and […]
President Obama with Kaiyi Xie, student body president of the University of Maryland. The President had a town hall meeting on College Point campus. This morning President Obama held a town hall at the University of Maryland. Before taking the stage, he briefly met with Kaiyi Xie, the Student Body President of UMD, and one […]
With ten days left before the looming Congressional deadline to raise the debt ceiling, I am hosting a gathering of fifty of the nation’s mayors in Los Angeles over the next two days, to urge Congress to reach an agreement on the debt limit to prevent default and ask them to invest in job creating […]
