Earlier today, my wife Christie and I announced American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to assist 129 rural libraries in 30 states to create, expand, and improve our nation’s rural libraries – benefitting over 1.7 million rural residents. These investments are putting Americans back to work managing and designing the projects, constructing new facilities, and […]
As described earlier, President Obama attended a meeting of heads of state, and Sudanese leaders, to address the urgent situation in Sudan as part of his long-standing personal commitment to supporting peace in Sudan and ending the genocide in Darfur. President Obama said it was the responsibility of all parties to fully implement the peace […]
In September 2009, the President announced that – for the first time in history – the White House would routinely release visitor records. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were created in June 2010. This release brings the grand total of records that this White House has released to over 700,000 records. You […]
Continuing his long-standing personal commitment to supporting peace in Sudan and ending the genocide in Darfur, President Obama attends a meeting of heads of state and Sudanese leaders to address the urgent situation in Sudan. Watch live below beginning at 3:15PM EDT. Fonte: White House
On Friday, U.S. officials participated in a meeting of the Friends of Yemen in New York, marking an important occasion to coordinate international support for Yemen. The meeting also provides a good opportunity to discuss the United States’ comprehensive approach to assist Yemen. Much of the press attention about U.S. efforts regarding Yemen has focused on […]
Last night, we got a preview of the Congressional Republican “Pledge to America.” This morning – at a small business that would likely benefit from the President’s plan to help small businesses – they unveiled the full thing. As news reports have already noted, there weren’t many new ideas in it, and the document was largely […]
Ed. Note: On October 5, Dr. Jill Biden will host the first-ever White House Summit on Community College. You can join the conversation about improving community colleges across the country right now by participating in our online dialogue, or tell us how community college has changed your life. Click here to see the video. Years ago–I […]
Congressional Republican small business schedule today: 10:00: Unveil agenda mentioning small business 18 times. 2:30: Return to Capitol to vote against help for small business. Congressional Republicans visited Tart Lumber Company, a small business in Sterling, Virginia where they laid out their “Pledge to America,” which will do nothing more than take America back to […]
Today is the six month anniversary of the new health reform law – the Affordable Care Act. The law is already having a real and meaningful impact in providing Americans with better coverage and lower costs. Today is also the day that the new law’s critical patient protections – the Patient’s Bill of Rights – […]
Click here to see the video. At the beginning of the President’s speech this morning to the United Nations General Assembly, the President spoke first of the great challenges facing America – an economy only now being brought back from the brink of total disaster, and defeating Al Qaeda. He spoke of what’s been done […]
