The White House releases the following statement from President Obama: Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized. The 444 days that began on November 4, 1979 deeply affected the lives of courageous Americans who were unjustly held hostage, and we owe these Americans and their families our gratitude for their extraordinary […]
With the House having put forth their actual legislation, organizations that have withheld final judgment now have something solid to evaluate. And the floodgates have opened. Today the President made surprise stop by the daily press briefing to commend two particular endorsements, from the AARP and the AMA. Ask yourself who you trust to tell the truth […]
The White House Music Series continues tomorrow with a celebration of classical music featuring Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt. We caught up with Joshua and Sharon in the East Room tonight during rehearsal: Click here to see the video. Watch […]
More than 14,000 federal and military personnel participated in the GreenGov Challenge – submitting over 5,300 ideas and casting more than 165,000 votes. Today at 3:30pm EST, some of the top ideas are being presented to the Steering Meeting on Federal Sustainability, a group comprised of a senior official from each agency who is responsible […]
Vice President Joe Biden and the Middle Class Task Force have traveled all across the country to highlight and seek input on key initiatives aimed at restoring middle class prosperity. We’ve been to in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Denver, Colorado, talking about jobs in the green economy; Perrysburg, Ohio, discussing the future of manufacturing; and St. […]
In President Obama’s address to the Muslim world delivered from Cairo in June, he called for the creation of an online network so "a teenager in Kansas can communicate instantly with a teenager in Cairo." Yesterday, teenagers from Washington, DC and Amman did exactly that. Photo credit: Leslie Williams, Dept of Education, 11/4/2009 Dr. Waleed […]
With last Friday’s unprecedented release of information on Recovery.gov, we’ve begun to see lots of interest in the specific types of projects that have been funded by the Recovery Act. Even more specifically, we’re seeing reports that Recovery Act funds have been spent on questionable or wasteful funds. We are always on the lookout for […]
At 4:45 EST today the White House and Deputy Assistant to the President on Economic Policy Jared Bernstein welcome Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio for a live video chat. They’ll be answering the questions the Senator gets most from Ohioans on health insurance reform, as well as questions taken live from our Facebook chat application. Watch the […]
Two weeks ago, the National Conversation on the Future of America’s Cities and Metropolitan Areas took us to Seattle, Washington to see the city’s marriage of economic development and livability. Joined by Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ron Sims, Assistant Secretary of Economic Development for the U.S. Department of Commerce John Fernandez, and […]
(First Lady Michelle Obama congratulates an award recipient during the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities Coming Up Taller event in the State Dining Room of the White House, Nov. 4, 2009. Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton) Yesterday afternoon in the historic State Dining Room, First Lady Michelle Obama, honorary chair of the […]
