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Two important takeaways from the President’s Weekly Address this morning. #1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will start having an impact as soon as a few weeks from now, in the form of the quickest and broadest tax cut in history: "Because of what we did, 95% of all working families will get a tax cut — in keeping with a promise I made on the cam...
Hi, everybody. In this year of action, I said I’d do everything in my power to expand opportunity for more Americans. And this week, I took action to lift more workers’ wages by requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. These are workers who serve our troops’ meals, wash their dishes, care for our veterans-...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Admiral Mullen, for that generous introduction and for your sterling service to our country. To members of our armed forces, to our veterans, to honored guests, and families of the fallen — I am deeply honored to be with you on Memorial Day. Thank you to the superintendent, John Metzler, Jr., who cares for these grounds just as his father did ...
Hi, everybody. Our businesses have now added nearly 10 million new jobs over the past 52 months. The unemployment rate is at its lowest point since September 2008-the fastest one-year drop in nearly 30 years. 401(k)s are growing, fewer homes are underwater, and for the first time in more than a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that the world’s nu...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTIN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSAT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME University of Notre DameSouth Bend, Indiana 3:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, congratulations, Class of 2009. (Applause.) Congratulations to all the parents, the cousins — (applause) — the aunts, the uncles — all the people who helped to bring you to the point that...
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. In a historic vote that took place this morning members of the Senate joined their colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass a landmark health insurance reform package — legislation that brings us toward the end of a nearly century-long struggle to reform America’s health care system. Ever since Teddy Roosevelt fir...
Remarks by the President at Signing of Presidential Memorandum on Fuel Efficiency StandardsRose Garden10:58 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Everybody, please have a seat. It is wonderful to have you all here. Welcome to the White House. I want to introduce some of the folks who are onstage who have been integral（完整的，整体的） in making tod...
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I just concluded结束，推断 a meeting with members of my national security team, including those from our intelligence, homeland security and law enforcement agencies involved in the security reviews that I ordered after the failed attack on Christmas Day. I called these leaders to the White House because we face a challenge of the u...
For centuries, in peace and in war, in prosperity（繁荣，兴旺） and in adversity（不幸，灾难）, Americans have paused at this time of year to gather with loved ones and give thanks for life’s blessings. This week, we carry on this distinctly American tradition. All across our country, folks are coming together to spend time with family, to catch up with old friends, to...
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO OF ITALY AFTER BILATERAL MEETING PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO: (As translated.) Good morning. President Obama will leave shortly, so this will be a very short press conference. And first of all let me express my deepest appreciation for the visit of President Obama, who came here today with his delegation — and for meeting h...
Today President Obama made clear that as great as the demands on our government are, accountability will never fall by the wayside. First, this morning leaders from across the country descended upon Washington with one mission in mind: implementing the Recovery Act. Vice President Joe Biden invited implementation ‘czars’ and representatives from all U.S. states a...
In Brussels today at NATO Headquarters, Vice President Biden stated his purpose at the meeting: "I came to listen." What we want to learn is what your countries believe are working, what you think is not working, how we can do a better job in stopping Afghanistan and Pakistan from being a haven for terrorists. And the United States believes that we share a vital se...
On the Holocaust Museum Shooting President Obama: I am shocked and saddened by today’s shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish o...
Hi, everybody. In the coming weeks, we face some important decisions about how to pay down（当场支付） our debt in a way that grows our economy and creates good jobs—decisions that will make a real difference in the strength and pace of our recovery. We began this year with economists and business leaders saying that we are poised to grow in 2013. And there are real si...
All right. Young lady right here.Q Mr. President, I want to thank you for going to Latin America a couple weeks ago. And this is a great story where Ex-Im Bank and Gamesa worked together to supply over 50 turbines to Honduras, for example.THE PRESIDENT: Right.Q If you could elaborate more on your National Export Initiative, I think that that would be an amazing thing to talk...
Today is India Republic Day, the 58th anniversary of India’s independence and the adoption of its Constitution. Yesterday, President Barack Obama released a statement commemorating the holiday. He also sent well wishes to India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, who is recovering from heart surgery. President Obama’s Statement: "As the people of India a...
Q But has it improved the chances of something like Mideast peace, or has it made it more complicated in your mind? THE PRESIDENT: I think it offers an opportunity as well as a challenge. I think the opportunity is that when you have the kinds of people who were in Tahrir Square, feeling that they have hope and they have opportunity, then they’re less likely to channel...
Q Okay. Thank you very much. I will express myself in French, if that is — THE PRESIDENT: That’s fine. Somebody will translate for me? Yes? Go ahead. Just make sure that you stop after each sentence, because otherwise she will forget what you had to say. Q Thank you very much. (Speaks in French and is translated.) Mr. President, hello. And hello, everybody. IR...
Remarks of President Barack ObamaAs Prepared for DeliverySaturday, July 31, 2010Detroit, Michigan Hello everyone. I’m speaking to you from the GM auto plant here in Detroit, Michigan, where a hopeful story is unfolding in a place that’s been one of the hardest hit in America. In the twelve months before I took office, American auto companies lost hundreds of thou...
ELECTION NIGHTNovember 4, 2008 | Chicago, Illinois If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in num...