President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House to discuss Wall Street reform. From left, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the President, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. This morning the President welcomed leaders from […]
All morning the White House and Department of the Interior will be hosting the America’s Great Outdoors Conference, addressing the challenges, opportunities and innovations surrounding modern-day land conservation and the importance of reconnecting Americans and American families to the outdoors. The conference will feature remarks from President Obama, CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley, Secretary of the Interior Ken […]
On her first official solo international visit, the First Lady is traveling to Mexico with a special focus on engaging with the country’s young people. First Lady Michelle Obama will speak to university and high school students from in and around Mexico at Universidad Iberoamericana, a Mexico City University. This event will be streamed live in English and […]
Today First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden toured Port-au-Prince to reinforce the United State’s commitment to help Haiti recover and rebuild and to send a message of thanks to all of the men and women that have contributed to the global relief effort. View a slideshow from the trip, thanks to the White House Photo […]
Capping a week of historic progress on the issues of nuclear security, non-proliferation, and the threat of nuclear terrorism, the President closed out the two-day Nuclear Security Summit with a lengthy press conference to discuss the progress that had been made. Shortly afterwards the White House released a series of hey documents related to the summit: The […]
In the last 15 months, President Obama and his Administration have made significant progress in changing the way America thinks about energy and the environment, making the vision of a 21st century clean energy economy a reality. From historic investments in clean energy infrastructure and technology; improved efficiency for buildings, appliances and automobiles; more diverse […]
Before a lunch meeting with foreign leaders and dignitaries, Vice President Biden delivered remarks about the significance of the Nuclear Security Summit and the “historic task of creating a better and a safer world for all our peoples.” He discussed the goal of reducing the number of nuclear weapons arsenals worldwide and the importance of controlling […]
Last week saw marked progress on one of the President’s key long-term foreign policy objectives to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, and to secure vulnerable nuclear materials. On April 8th, President Obama signed the New START Treaty which will require the United States and Russia to reduce — by 30 percent below the levels in […]
It’s that time of year where we’re all filling out our tax forms to get them in under the deadline, so we thought it would be worth taking a step back and looking over how two of the President’s top priorities – health reform and the Recovery Act – are helping to give a little […]
As we continue to work toward reforming Wall Street and making it accountable, we’re going to see the usual suspects try to misrepresent the legislation. These same opponents of reform are pushing for loopholes and carve-outs in the bill large enough to drive a truck through. The reality is that there’s a clear choice in this […]
