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Well, hello, Pensacola! (Applause.) It is great to be here. I want everybody, first of all, to give a big round of applause to Chief Elison Talabong for leading us in the pledge and singing our National Anthem — (applause) — to Lieutenant Commander Randy Ekstrom for the wonderful invocation（祈祷，符咒） . (Applause.) I want to thank your outstanding local leader...
It’s about justice. It’s about who we are. And on this "wonderful day," we’re getting a step closer to both of those things. That was President Obama’s message as he signed his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which will make it easier for people to get the pay they deserve — regardless of their gen...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Grand Foyer 11:07 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. One of the challenges we’ve confronted from the beginning of this administration is what to do with the state of the struggling auto industry. In recent months, my Auto Task Force has been reviewing requests by General Motors and Chrysler for ...
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMATO THE TURKISH PARLIAMENTTurkish Grand National Assembly ComplexAnkara, Turkey 3:30 P.M. (Local) PRESIDENT OBAMA: Mr. Speaker, Madam Deputy Speaker, distinguished members, I am honored to speak in this chamber, and I am committed to renewing the alliance between our nations and the friendship between our people. This is my first trip overseas as Pre...
Well, I want to thank everybody who participated in this meeting. Most of the folks（人们） here were in the meeting that we had last week. One of the encouraging signs is that, at least with respect to（关于，至于） Louisiana, it seems that we made some progress. The most obvious area of progress was, coming out of the meeting last week, trying to bridge what seemed to be ...
This afternoon the President held a one-on-one meeting, and then an expanded meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, read the President’s opening remarks when they spoke to the press together afterwards:PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Well, it is a great pleasure to welcome President Abbas to the Oval Office. We had — we just completed an e...
Q Mr. President, I am a proud firefighter for the great city of Columbus here in Ohio. (Applause.) Thank you. THE PRESIDENT: Joe, did you use to play for Ohio State, man? Q I must correct you. I was actually part of the National Championship team for Eastern Kentucky University. THE PRESIDENT: Oh, okay, all right. Q For the national champion, no less（仍然，不相上下） . (Lau...
Hello, everybody. In recent weeks, we’ve seen signs that our economy is growing stronger and creating jobs at a faster clip. While numbers and figures will go up and down in the coming months, what cannot waver is our resolve（决定） to do everything in our power to keep stoking the fires of the recovery. And the last thing we should do is let Washington stand in the w...
The White House Office of the First Lady For Immediate Release May 11, 2010 Remarks by the First Lady at "Let’s Move" Action Plan Announcement with Cabinet SecretariesSouth Court Auditorium10:40 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thanks, everyone, and thanks, Melody, for that kind introduction, that wonderful summary. I want to thank Melody in particular for her work with ...
aSo these are all steps that we’re taking right now to try to move the economy forward. Now, I have never been more confident about the future of our economy, if we stay on track and we deal with some of these longstanding problems that we hadn’t dealt with for decades. If we make investments and improve our education system; if we make investments in research an...
This morning the President met with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad and House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt. After the meeting, the President spoke about the investments and hard choices his budget makes. He noted at the outset that it "will bring discretionary spending for domestic programs as a share of the economy to its lowest level in nearly ha...
Hi, everybody. One of the most important positions in the President’s Cabinet-and to our national security, our law enforcement, and our criminal justice system-is Attorney General. It has been more than four months since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States. For 30 years, Loretta has distinguished herself as a tough, fai...
At the end of September, if Congress doesn’t act, funding for our roads and bridges will expire（期满，终止） . This would put a stop to highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit systems and other important projects that keep our country moving quickly and safely. And it would affect thousands of construction workers and their families who depend on the jobs cr...
Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly Address Saturday, March 28, 2009Washington, DCEven as we face an economic crisis which demands our constant focus, forces of nature can also intervene in ways that create other crises to which we must respond – and respond urgently. For the people of North and South Dakota and Minnesota who live along rivers spilling over their b...
Hello! Hello, everybody! Thank you so much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Let me just begin by making a few acknowledgements. First of all, I’ve got some outstanding fathers here in the first row who aren’t seeing their kids enough because I’m working them all the time ...
Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressJune 20, 2009 As we continue to recover from an historic economic crisis, it is clear to everyone that one of its major causes was a breakdown in oversight that led to widespread abuses in the financial system. An epidemic of irresponsibility took hold from Wall Street to Washington to Main Street. And the consequences ...
Today, I want to take a few minutes to speak with you-directly and clearly-about Ebola: what we’re doing about it, and what you need to know. Because meeting a public health challenge like this isn’t just a job for government. All of us-citizens, leaders, the media-have a responsibility and a role to play. This is a serious disease, but we can’t give in to ...
Remarks by the President on Health Insurance Reform, University of Iowa Field House, Iowa City, IowaUniversity of Iowa Field House,Iowa City, Iowa1:08 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Iowa! (Applause.) Are you fired up? (Applause.) Oh, it is good to be back in Iowa. (Applause.) I got to take off my jacket when I’m in Iowa. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Iowa. It&rs...
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I’ve just had an excellent meeting with President Garcia. I want to welcome him not only to the Oval Office but also say to the Peruvian people how much we appreciate the friendship between our two countries. Peru I think has been an extraordinary success story over the last several years. We’ve seen not only the solidification（凝固，团结...
Time to put middle class front and centerBy Vice President Joe BidenJanuary 30, 2009 For years, we had a White House that failed to put the middle class front and center in its economic policies. President Barack Obama has made it clear that is going to change. And it’s why he’s asked me to lead a task force on the middle class. America’s middle class is hu...