Competing in the global economy will take cutting our deficits while investing in the areas critical to long-term economic growth and competitiveness. By out-educating, out-innovating, and out-building our competitors, we will enable our private sector to grow, create jobs, and thrive in the years ahead. At the same time, we cannot win the future with […]
Ed. Note: Cross-posted from the America’s Great Outdoors blog. Last month President Obama announced the final report of his America’s Great Outdoors initiative, featuring young Americans who are excited about conservation and ready to get involved in the outdoors. Your suggestions were clear. You want the outdoors to be relevant and accessible to everyone. You […]
This morning the President wasted no time in offering his condolences and America’s assistance to the people of Japan, issuing the following statement: Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the people of Japan, particularly those who have lost loved ones in the earthquake and tsunamis. The United States stands ready to help the […]
Today I visited an amazing and hopeful place in Moscow – the Kulakov Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology – one of Russia’s leading centers for maternal and child health. While there I had the chance to tour the Center – and most importantly to meet several new mothers and babies. I was pleased to […]
On Tuesday, I joined First Lady Michelle Obama and people around the world in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. One hundred years ago, millions of people rallied in cities across the globe to demand equal rights for women: calling for the right to vote, to hold office, to work for fair pay and […]
Continuing a tradition that goes all the way back to 1962 when President Kennedy welcomed young people to the White House, President Obama greeted student delegates from the US Senate Youth Program in the East Room on Wednesday. The President talked about the importance of leadership, and his belief in how young people can and […]
Today is the sixth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a nationwide initiative coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH) to make more people aware of the increasing impact that this deadly epidemic is having on women and girls in the United States. This is […]
Click here to see the video. “If there’s one goal of this conference, it’s to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It’s not.” That’s how the President explained the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention during the opening session of the […]
I am a high school United States Government teacher at Anacostia Senior High School in Washington, D.C., and I decided to apply for the White House Internship Program because I wanted to continue making a difference. Leaving my students for a semester was a very difficult decision to make but I knew that interning within […]
At 5:00 PM local time in Moscow, 9:00 AM EST, the Vice President will deliver a major speech on U.S.-Russia relations hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia at Moscow State University. In his speech, the Vice President will highlight recent areas of accomplishment on shared interests, as well as ways the U.S. and […]
