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Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressSaturday, April 18, 2009 It’s not news to say that we are living through challenging times: The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. A credit crisis that has made that downturn worse. And a fiscal disaster that has accumulated over a period of years. In the year 2000, we had projected budget surpluses in the...
Hi, everybody. Over the next couple weeks, schools all across the country will be opening their doors. Students will suit up for fall sports, marching band, and the school play; moms and dads will snap those first-day-of-school pictures-and that includes me and Michelle. And so today, I want to talk directly with students and parents about one of the most important things an...
In honor of those lost eight years earlier on September 11th, the President spoke at the Wreath-Laying Ceremony Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. September 11, 2009. (Public Domain) This morning’s dismal skies were in sharp contrast to a sunny, cloudless September 11 eight years ago, when tragedy struck America. Today, the President paid tribute to those who l...
Calling himself "a great admirer of the progressive, forward-looking leadership that President Lula has shown," President Obama opened up a joint press availability this afternoon after a meeting between the two heads of state. President Lula described the topics covered in the meeting, from stemming the global financial crisis, to addressing the unemployment aroun...
Now, I’m under no illusion that we’re where we need to be yet. I know that a lot of families and communities have yet to feel the effects of the recovery in their own lives. There are still too many people here in Ohio and across the country who can’t find work; many more can’t make ends meet. And for these folks, the only jobs we create that matter a...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTEULOGY FOR SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY Our Lady of Perpetual Help BasilicaRoxbury, Massachusetts12:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Your Eminence, Vicki, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long r...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTAFTER MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESSTO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION State Dining Room 3:17 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. We have just finished what I consider to be a very productive meeting on one of the most critical issues that I think this nation faces, and that is an immigration system that is broken and needs fixing. We have members of Cong...
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Good to see you. (Applause.) You don’t need to do that. It’s good to see you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Everybody — everybody have a seat. Usually they announce me with some fancy thing, and I think I messed up — I just walked out here. (Laughter.) So I hope you didn’t mind. But on the w...
THE PRESIDENT: To the Fort Hood community; to Admiral Mullen; General Casey; General Cone; Secretary McHugh; Secretary Gates; most importantly, to family, friends and members of our Armed Forces. We come together filled with sorrow for the 13 Americans that we have lost; with gratitude（感谢的心情） for the lives that they led; and with a determination to honor them through ...
This is a time of year when people get together with family and friends to observe Passover and to celebrate Easter. It’s a chance to give thanks for our blessings and reaffirm our faith, while spending time with the people we love. We all know how important that is – especially in hard times. And that’s what a lot of people are facing these days.Even thoug...
Today at the White House, the President officially pardoned not one turkey, but two — sparing both “Courage” and “Carolina,” a request from his compassionate（有同情心的） daughters, Sasha and Malia. Before sending the birds to a life of “peace and tranquility（安宁）” in Disneyland, the President took the time to express his gratitu...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. Well, good afternoon, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good afternoon. THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House, and welcome to the United States of America. And that includes even our friends from Ghana, who beat us in the World Cup. (Laughter.) Where are you? Over there? That’...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON 2009-H1N1 NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Rose Garden 2:13 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Before I say a few words about the meeting we just had I’d like to mention some good news that came out today about our economy. For the first time in 18 months, our manufacturing sector has expanded, and the statistics used to mea...
THE PRESIDENT: I want to say a special thanks to John and Nicole. Trevor and Olivia are back there. MS. ARMSTRONG: They’re turning the A/C unit off. THE PRESIDENT: Yes, exactly. That’s all right. But I’m so grateful for their hospitality（好客，殷勤） . They are just a wonderful family, and for them to open up their backyard for us is just terrific. So this...
Washington, DC– President Barack Obama today announced the creation of a White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families to be chaired by Vice President Joe Biden. The Task Force is a major initiative targeted at raising the living standards of middle-class, working families in America. It is comprised of top-level administration policy makers, and in addition ...
It might seem merely symbolic that there were doctors from all 50 states here at the White House, but it’s symbolic of a deep truth about the health insurance reform debate. As the President said today, "when you cut through all the noise and all the distractions that are out there, I think what’s most telling is that some of the people who are most supporti...
In one of his first acts as Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner today announced new rules that will make it harder for banks to lobby for a share of money set aside by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. The new rules restrict the contact that bank lobbyists can have with Treasury officials, as well as what members of Congress can do to secure money on behalf o...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON CLEAN ENERGY Trinity Structural Towers Manufacturing PlantNewton, Iowa 12:52 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you, Rich, for the great introduction. Thank you very much. Please, everybody have a seat. It is good to be back in Newton, and it’s a privilege to be here at Trinity Structural Towers. I’ve got a couple of spec...
Now, I can’t legislate（立法） fatherhood — I can’t force anybody to love a child. But what we can do is send a clear message to our fathers that there is no excuse for failing to meet their obligations. What we can do is make it easier for fathers who make responsible choices and harder for those who avoid those choices. What we can do is come together and...
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. I want to begin by thanking my friend, President Sarkozy, for his leadership and his hospitality. And I want to thank the people of Cannes for this extraordinary setting. Over the past two years, those of us in the G20 have worked together to rescue the global economy, to avert another depression, and to put us on the path to recov...