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The President Commends Congress for Finalizing Wall Street Reform

Click here to see the video. As the President was preparing to depart for the G8 Summit in Canada, to be followed by the G20, he received some welcome news regarding efforts to avoid another global economic crisis.  The House and Senate, having both passed their own versions of Wall Street Reform, had broken through with […]

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More than 450,000 White House Visitor Records Online

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 March 2010. Today’s release also includes several visitor records created prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested by members of […]

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Financial Disclosure Reports Now Available

SF 278 Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure reports for White House officials are now available.  Interested parties may request online those reports they would like to review.  Through this streamlined distribution process, each report is available in pdf form for transmission via email once the electronic form has been filed.  Requested reports will be […]

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The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

Cyberspace has become an indispensible component of everyday life for all Americans.  We have all witnessed how the application and use of this technology has increased exponentially over the years. Cyberspace includes the networks in our homes, businesses, schools, and our Nation’s critical infrastructure.  It is where we exchange information, buy and sell products and services, […]

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The President Commends Congress for Finalizing Wall Street Reform

Click here to see the video. As the President was preparing to depart for the G8 Summit in Canada, to be followed by the G20, he received some welcome news regarding efforts to avoid another global economic crisis.  The House and Senate, having both passed their own versions of Wall Street Reform, had broken through with […]

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Create an Infographic about the Childhood Obesity Epidemic

The Let’s Move! initiative and GOOD are working together to help address the challenge of childhood obesity by raising awareness about the problem and how the nation is working to address it. read more Fonte: White House

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Weekly Address: Finishing the Job on Wall Street Reform

With Congress having finalized a strong Wall Street reform bill, the President urges Congress to finish the job and send the bill to his desk. The legislation reflects 90% of what the President originally proposed, including the strongest consumer financial protections in history with an independent agency to enforce them. It ensures that the trading […]

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President Obama at the G8 in Photos

The President spent today at the G8 Summit in Canada, which focused amongst other things on the Muskoka Initiative on maternal and child health (MCH).  See an array of photos from the day below. President Barack Obama is saluted by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officers as he arrives with Roger Portelance, Director of Protocol, […]

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Building Our Cities Greener

Earlier this week, we took another big step forward in the Obama Administration’s efforts to encourage more sustainable development as we announced $100 million for our new Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant program to encourage regions to integrate economic development, land use, and transportation investments – which will help to tie the quality and location […]

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A Cause for Hope

First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva of Russia attend a performance at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Washington, D.C. “Just in this performance, you have strengthened the bond between two great nations. Imagine that,” said Mrs. Obama following a music and dance program at the Duke Ellington School for […]

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