Stories are popping up all over the country of small business start-ups that were made possible by the Recovery Act – stories of companies like The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz, CA. Recently, Kendra Backer and Zach Davis, the owners of The Penny Ice Creamery, made this YouTube video, thanking President Obama, the Administration […]
Over 57,000 of you have spoken, and the winner of the 2010 SAVE Award is Trudy Givens of Portage, Wisconsin. Trudy is a 19-year veteran of the US Bureau of Prisons, working now as a Business Administrator in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, Wisconsin. Over the course of her career, Trudy noticed that copies from […]
Today, Medicare’s Open Enrollment period begins and across the country, Americans have been reading about the benefits of the new law for seniors and the importance of delivering the benefits of reform to the American people. Under the Affordable Care Act, beginning next year, seniors will be able to receive preventive services like mammograms and […]
This week, President Obama will award recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation — the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors — at a White House ceremony. On Tuesday, three medal recipients – including the inventor of the digital camera, […]
President Barack Obama answers questions during a press conference at the G20 Summit at Coex Center in Seoul, South Korea, While the focus of the President’s press conference in Seoul was the G-20 Summit, he was also asked about the ongoing question of the tax cuts set to expire soon. Austan Goolsbee, Chair of the […]
Click here to see the photo gallery. For those wondering the amount of work that goes into a G-20 Summit, perusing the fact sheets below will give some idea of how much gets packed into these short events when leaders around the world come together. G-20: Fact Sheet on a New Global Framework to Fund […]
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. On a special edition for the trip to Asia this week, walk step by step with the President as he meets with students, citizens, business leaders, and government officials in India, travels to Indonesia to extend a hand of friendship […]
Ed. Note: Visit http://www.Serve.gov/vets.asp to learn more about how you can support our Veterans, military families and active duty service members. Click here to see the video. The President was joined at Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea by an estimated 1,400 base personnel and families and several hundred Korean vets. It was a unique and […]
The President explains his push for exporting American goods in Asia, and urges Congress to address earmarks as a signal of fiscal reform. Click here to see the video. Fonte: White House
A quick look at the week of November 8, 2010. Quote: “We recall acts of uncommon bravery and selflessness. But we also remember that honoring those who’ve served is about more than the words we say on Veterans Day or Memorial Day. It’s about how we treat our Veterans every single day of the year.” – […]
