The President’s trip to Asia has been largely focused on America’s economy back home, promoting the exports of things we make. But his speech in Jakarta, Indonesia was meaningful for a lot of reasons. It was a follow-up to his speech in Cairo last year attempting to soothe historic tensions between America and Muslim communities […]
President Obama and this Administration have taken steady steps to change the way business is done in Washington and make government more effective and efficient for the American people – for today and for years to come. That’s what is driving our Accountable Government Initiative and all its parts from our effort to stop huge […]
Click here to see the video. Last fall, the Middle Class Task Force and the Council on Environmental Quality released a report called Recovery Through Retrofit, which identified the key barriers standing in the way of strong and sustainable home energy-efficiency industry. For the past year, we have been working with our partners across the […]
Thousands of visitors tour the White House each day. It’s been a long time in the making and today, we’re pleased to invite you on our new interactive White House tour. With some incredible behind-the-scenes photos from the Photo Office and our best “Inside the White House” videos, you’re invited to do everything from cook […]
November 11th is Veterans Day, a time when the country comes together to pay tribute to the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. For Tuesday Talks this week, Tammy Duckworth, Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, will be answering your questions on the Administration’s commitment to […]
For the past ten months, we have seen our economy continue to grow and create private sector jobs — 1.1 million this year so far, and 159,000 in October alone. But while the job growth we’re experiencing tells us we’re moving in the right direction, the pace of recovery can feel terribly slow, especially to […]
Today in Mumbai, President Obama attended what is likely the first ever Expo on Democracy and Open Government. India’s dynamism in the technology sector is well known, as is Gandhi’s legacy in India of civic action and bottom-up change, but today’s expo highlighted something very fresh: Indian civil society’s harnessing of innovation and technology to […]
Click here to see the video. The President began his remarks this morning by explaining the challenge America faces, and what the latest employment numbers mean: “We are in the middle of a tough fight to get our economy growing faster, so that businesses across our country can open and expand, so that people can […]
President Obama lays out his priorities for the coming discussion about tax cuts, calling for compromise but making clear he cannot accept $700 billion in deficits or an increase in middle class taxes. Click here to see the video. Fonte: White House
A quick look at the week of October 1, 2010: Quote: “Encouraging news… not good enough” – President Obama on October jobs report: http://wh.gov/3Hi The Way Forward: Following the election, the President speaks openly in a press conference about his hope for working with the new Congress going forward on the economy and other issues: http://wh.gov/3A8 […]
