President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy during a memorial service in Beckley, W.Va., for the 29 victims of the Upper Branch Mine explosion, Today the President and the Vice President were in West Virginia attending a memorial service for the miners lost in the tragedy at Upper Big Branch mine. President Obama delivered a eulogy honoring the lives […]
In his June 4th, 2009 address in Cairo, President Obama announced that the U.S. would host a Summit on Entrepreneurship to identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world. The Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship will be held this coming Monday and […]
This afternoon, Austan Goolsbee of the Council of Economic Advisors will take your questions following up on the President’s speech in New York on reforming Wall Street. The live video discussion will be held at 2:00PM EDT. Watch the chat at WhiteHouse.gov/live Join the conversation via UStream While you can learn plenty from the President’s speech, you can […]
Thanks so much for checking out the West Wing Week, your guide to all things 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This installment takes you step-by-step with the President as he hosts the Great Outdoors Conference, holds a meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, meets with his Special Envoy to the Sudan, discusses Supreme Court nominations […]
Unfortunately some opponents of reform appear to be up to their old tricks again. As Wall Street reform moves to the floor next week and on the heels of a speech this morning where the President made the case for what is at stake for the American people, opponents of reform have decided that a campaign of […]
Click here to see the video. It’s been a busy Earth Day here at the White House and around the Administration. Yesterday Vice President Biden kicked off the Administration’s Earth Day Celebration by announcing $452 million in Recovery Act funding to support a “Retrofit Ramp-Up.” This program will create thousands of jobs and allow these […]
As an Olympic athlete I had the opportunity to visit the White House yesterday and meet President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, as well as Vice President Biden and his wife Jill Biden. I was impressed by the gratitude that they shared with us for representing our country in the Olympic Winter Games as […]
Today the First Lady welcomed children of Executive Office employees to the White House for the annual “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” event. In a question and answer session in the East Room, the First Lady fielded the children’s questions with Bo at her side. Click here to see the video. Here […]
Each year on April 25 the world recognizes World Malaria Day to call attention to the disease that kills nearly one million people each year and, negatively affects educational achievement, worker productivity, and economic development, and to mobilize action to combat it. This year, a success story in development assistance is emerging in Africa, with […]
Starting on Monday the public will have a chance to weigh in on the six finalists in the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek of the schools today. Click here to see the video. Over the past few weeks students from the six finalist schools worked […]
