The White House recently announced details on the 2010 Easter Egg Roll – an event that will bring 30,000 people from all 50 states and DC to the White House. But you don’t have to be on the South Lawn to enjoy Monday’s festivities – we’ll be livestreaming all day on WhiteHouse.gov. This year’s theme […]
This week, the Vice President took his commitment to ending violence against women to Peoria, Illinois where he spoke at the Center for the Prevention of Abuse’s Partners in Peace awards. The 1100 member audience was mesmerized by the Vice President’s story about his early efforts to pass the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The […]
The President travelled to Charlotte, North Carolina today, where he visited Celgard, Inc., a manufacturing company that is benefiting from the Recovery Act investments towards clean energy. Before he went down, we had a chance to get to know this company at the frontier of clean energy economy — and the frontier of recovery — […]
On a gorgeous Spring day on the South Lawn of the White House, 45 students from Bancroft Elementary and Hollin Meadows Academy joined the First Lady for the annual Spring planting of the White House Kitchen Garden. Students from Bancroft have been helping the First Lady in her garden since the ground-breaking last year, and […]
As someone who grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, it was a real treat when the Alabama Crimson Tide — the current BCS National Football Champions — came to the White House. But they did a lot more than meet with President Obama and give him a jersey (#1) and helmet (#13). The Tide continued to roll […]
The Urban Team just returned from Brazil where we attended the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum V. This year’s theme was The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide. With over half of the world’s population living in cities, this global conversation on urban development commanded attention. The U.S. Delegation, led by HUD Secretary Shaun […]
Today, President Obama visited workers at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Celgard, Inc. and delivered remarks on jobs and the economy. Celgard is a global leader in the development and production of components for state-of-the-art batteries – batteries that will help fuel a clean energy economy and create jobs. (Watch a personal testimonial by Celgard’s workers on […]
Today I was proud to join President Obama and my fellow Cabinet members around the country in highlighting the tremendous role the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act continues to play in putting Americans back to work. This morning we learned that the American economy created 162,000 jobs last month and that the revised estimates for […]
Cross-posted from the USDA blog. I was honored to address over 700 national leaders in the food safety field last week at “Advancements in Food Safety Education: Trends, Tools and Technologies,” a conference co-hosted by USDA. This was our largest-ever gathering for this event, drawing an audience of educators, scientists, public health officials, industry leaders, consumer […]
Again over the last few days, we’ve been reminded that opponents of reform will say and do anything, no matter how outrageous the charge, to cast doubt on health reform legislation that will reduce costs for American families and small businesses, expand coverage to millions of Americans and end the worst practices of insurance companies. […]
