This morning I’m pleased to announce something you may have already noticed: an improved homepage for WhiteHouse.gov. We’re always working to make WhiteHouse.gov easier to use and provide clearer paths to key information. Over the past eighteen months, we’ve launched a new White House blog, updated the Briefing Room and Issues sections of the site, and […]
This week, the President reflected on the state of the auto industry, the White House opened its garden to the public for its annual tours, and marked Blog Action Day — while Bill Allman spoke on the history of the Presidential Seal. read more Fonte: White House
There’s no doubt you have seen the official Seal of the President of the United States, it is one of the most recognized symbols in the world. But did you know that in 1945, President Harry Truman issued an Executive Order that made a significant change to the Seal, one which reflected important changes he […]
More than a century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt set aside a tiny bird rookery off the coast of Florida, Pelican Island, as the first national wildlife refuge. Since then the Refuge System has grown to become one of our greatest treasures with refuges from the Caribbean to the Pacific, from Maine to Alaska. This week […]
President Obama talks about his choice to rescue the American auto industry from collapse and save more than one million American jobs. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Fonte: White House
October is National Energy Action Month, when Americans are called up to work together, “to achieve greater energy security, a more robust economy, and a healthier environment for our children” — as President Obama wrote in an official proclamation on Monday. Those goals are the reason that the President is pursuing an all-of-the-above strategy to […]
Watch the West Wing Week here. Here’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov: Honoring the Memory of César Chávez: On Monday, President Obama honored César Chávez, one of America’s great civil rights leaders, and established the César Estrada Chávez National Monument in Keene, California. The new national monument is located at Nuestra […]
It is no secret that the world has yet to achieve the simple yet profound goal of ensuring equal futures for our daughters and our sons. Today, less than five percent of the world’s heads of state are women, and women make up just nineteen percent of representatives in parliaments worldwide. Despite producing more than […]
It’s Fire Prevention Week — when Americans are called up to renew our efforts to prevent fires and their tragic consequences. So it’s fitting that we begin a new video series, Catching up with the Curators, with White House Curator Bill Allman discussing an important moment that came two years into the War of 1812 […]
The White House Photo Office just released its latest set of behind the scenes photos, including images from President Obama’s trip to view the damage from Hurricane Isaac, his participation in the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, the visit of the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House, plus a […]
