The other day, we were given a pretty fun assignment: comb through nearly 1,500 White House videos and come up with our favorite ten. The variety of videos the White House has published since President Obama took office is overwhelming. Along with the President’s speeches and daily press events, there are powerfully candid moments […]
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 […]
This week, President Obama called the San Francisco Giants to congratulate the management, owners and the team on winning the World Series, noting the excitement he felt when the White Sox broke their World Series dry spell. Watch a behind-the-scenes video of the President’s call from the Oval Office: Click here to see the video. Fonte: […]
A recent article in the foreign press supposedly quoting an anonymous foreign official claimed that the President’s trip to Asia would end up costing American taxpayers $200 million per day and that 34 navy warships were being used for the trip – certainly an astounding figure, were it true. Buts it’s not even close to […]
Today’s employment report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 159,000 in October, continuing ten consecutive months of private sector job growth. While job growth was substantially higher than in past months and higher than analysts expected, the pace was not enough to reduce the overall unemployment rate, which remained at 9.6%. In addition to […]
Last week I had the opportunity to speak in front of leaders from a variety of fields at the 2010 TEDMED conference in San Diego. The conference gave business leaders, journalists, entertainment figures, scientists, artists and authors the opportunity to share their diverse experiences about how their fields intersect with health and medicine. I talked […]
Every day, millions of Americans benefit from the advances made in the fields of life, biological, and medical science. Breakthroughs in these fields have helped to significantly reduce mortality from many conditions that were once considered fatal. Our support for scientific research is one of our best investments in our future—for the health of Americans […]
This week we sat down with Jeff Bader, Senior Director for Asian Affairs, and Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, to talk about the President’s upcoming trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan. On WhiteHouse.gov and Facebook, you asked questions on a range of topics from outsourcing jobs to “hot button” […]
Last week I had the opportunity to speak in front of leaders from a variety of fields at the 2010 TEDMED conference in San Diego. The conference gave business leaders, journalists, entertainment figures, scientists, artists and authors the opportunity to share their diverse experiences about how their fields intersect with health and medicine. I talked […]
On September 29th, I had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Roen from American Express OPEN to answer questions about The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and opportunities available for small businesses under the Recovery Act and Affordable Care Act. There were a number of great questions we weren't able to get to […]
