A description of the call between President Obama and President Preval of Haiti that was just released: President Obama spoke for roughly thirty minutes with President Preval of Haiti this morning. President Obama said that the world has been devastated by the loss and suffering in Haiti, and pledged the full support of the American […]
Ed. Note: Join Romer for the last of our year-in-review online video chats at 12:00 PM EST. Watch at WhiteHouse.gov/live or join the discussion through Facebook. The past year has been one of enormous challenges for the American economy. President Obama took office at a time of economic crisis. The economy was losing jobs at a rate […]
This morning the President and the First Lady dedicated the morning to serving the community here in DC. In honor of Martin Luther King Day, First Lady Michelle Obama serves lunch in the dining room at So Others Might Eat, a soup kitchen in Washington In honor of Martin Luther King Day, President Barack Obama […]
Click here to see the video. This afternoon the President took a few hours to host a conversation with a small group of African American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. They all took a moment to look over the Emancipation Proclamation, which was […]
Cross-posted from the OSTP blog Today, in an event at the White House, the National Science Board released its Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 report. This report, produced every two years by the Board—the governing body for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NSF’s Division of Science Resources Statistics, is the major authoritative source of […]
All Americans should be heartened by the recent announcement that the Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, is strengthening its commitment to fighting crimes of violence against Native American women. As part of broader DOJ reforms to dramatically improve public safety in tribal communities, the Attorney General recognized that though […]
Ed. Note: You may have missed yesterday’s CEA report on the Recovery Act finding that it has saved or created 1.5-2 million jobs; Heather Zichal takes a look at the green jobs component of the data. A report delivered by the Council of Economic Advisers today found that the clean energy investments of the American […]
This morning the President gave another update on relief efforts in Haiti, promising the people of Haiti that "you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten." Again, while the US Government is doing all it can, you can also help immediately by donating to the international fund of the Red Cross to assist the relief […]
Click here to see the video. Discussing Wall Street executives’ reaction to his proposed new fees on major banks, the President delivered a simple message: "Instead of sending a phalanx of lobbyists to fight this proposal, or employing an army of lawyers and accountants to help evade the fee, I suggest you might want to […]
Ed. Note: You may have missed yesterday’s CEA report on the Recovery Act finding that it has saved or created 1.5-2 million jobs; Heather Zichal takes a look at the green jobs component of the data. A report delivered by the Council of Economic Advisers today found that the clean energy investments of the American […]
