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9:01 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. For years, America’s automakers have faced serious challenges — burdensome costs, a shrinking share of the market, and declining profits. In recent months, the global financial crisis has made these challenges even more severe. Now some U.S. auto executives say that their companies are nearing collapse — and that ...
For Immediate ReleaseApril 20, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO CIA EMPLOYEES CIA HeadquartersLangley, Virginia 3:41 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Well, thank you for the extraordinary welcome. And thanks, for those of you who prepared from the CIA gift shop — (laughter) — the t-shirts, the caps, the w...
Room 350Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 11:23 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I ran for President pledging to change the way business is done in Washington and build a government that works for the people by opening it up to the people. And that means restoring responsibility and transparency and accountability to actions that the government takes. And w...
Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressApril 25, 2009 Good morning. Over the last three months, my Administration has taken aggressive action to confront an historic economic crisis. As we do everything that we can to create jobs and get our economy moving, we’re also building a new foundation for lasting prosperity – a foundation that invests in...
I’m speaking to you from Caminada Bay in Grand Isle, Louisiana, one of the first places to feel the devastation（毁坏，荒废） wrought by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While I was here, at Camerdelle’s Live Bait shop, I met with a group of local residents and small business owners. Folks like Floyd Lasseigne, a fourth-generation oyster（牡蛎） fisherman. Th...
Mrs. Obama this afternoon visited the Department of the Interior, where she spoke about how important it is to protect our natural resources and move towards a clean, sustainable energy future. "These [priorities] aren’t only vital for the survival of our planet as we work to combat climate change, but also incredibly important to strengthen our economy and the we...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Have a seat. (Applause.) Well, thank you, Harry. Thanks for giving me a chance to get out of Washington. It’s very hot there. (Laughter.) It’s hot here, too, but there’s a little more humidity（湿度，湿气） there. And I just love coming to Vegas. (Applause.) I love being here. I...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTIN THE ORGANIZING FOR AMERICANATIONAL HEALTH CARE FORUM THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Hey! Thank you. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. This looks like a casual crowd; I’m going to — (laughter) — take off my jacket here. Let me begin by...
It is good to be back here with all of you. I’ve got a few acknowledgments I’ve got to make before I say what I’ve got to say. First of all, somebody who has served our country with the kind of distinction（区别，荣誉） that doesn’t happen a lot, somebody who has been a leader for you and a leader for our country for a very long time — give your...
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar kicked off the daily press briefing today with his plans for cleaning out a department that has become famous for scandal. "Over the last eight years, the Department of Interior has been tarnished by ethical lapses, of criminal behavior that has extended to the very highest levels of government," he said. He’s taking over a De...
All right, I’m going to take one last question here. Jackie Calmes. Q Thank you, Mr. President. I’d almost given up there. THE PRESIDENT: Oh, don’t give up. (Laughter.) Q You’ve correctly suggested that the media can be impatient about seeing you — seeing both sides come to a deal, but this is your third budget, your third year of your presidenc...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Hello, everybody. Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. I am thrilled to be here, proud to be joined here today by two of our outstanding Cabinet Secretaries, Steven Chu and Ray LaHood. Where are Steven Chu and Ray? There they are over there. We’re here today for a simple reason: Ray wasn’t home when they tried to deliver a p...
Most of all, though, I want to congratulate the cadets（学员，士官生） who are standing behind me. Until this year, no one on this team knew what it felt like to beat Army, to beat Navy, to visit the White House, and to earn football bragging（夸耀） rights over the other branches. Now you know the feeling. (Applause.) They also know what it feels like not just to be a good ...
On behalf of the Obama family—Michelle, Malia, Sasha and Bo—I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. For us, like so many of you, this is a day full of family and friends; food and football. It’s a day to fight the overwhelming urge to take a nap—at least until after dinner. But most of all, it’s a time to give thanks for each other, a...
I’d like to speak with you for a few minutes today about the tragedy that took place at Ft. Hood. This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist（精神病医师） walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began shooting his fellow soldiers. It is an act of violence that would have been heartbreaking had it occurred anyplace in America. ...
And one of the things that I heard repeatedly, and some of the folks who are already driving some of these cars will tell you that — or these trucks — will tell you, and that is making sure that we’ve got stations, charging stations, if we’re talking about electric vehicles; making sure that we’ve got fueling stations if we’re talking abou...
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...
And the American Jobs Act is not going to add to the debt — it’s fully paid for. I want to repeat that. It is fully paid for. (Laughter.) It’s not going to add a dime to the deficit. Next week, I’m laying out my plan not only to pay for this jobs bill but also to bring down the deficit further. It’s a plan that lives by the same rules that famil...
Mark Knoller.Q Yes, sir. Mr. President, can you explain the anger and even outrage many Democrats felt when the tax cut bill extended tax cuts not just for the middle class but also for the wealthy? And is that a pide that you may be contributing to when you and the Vice President talk about “morally inappropriate” tax cuts for the wealthy?THE PRESIDENT: Look, th...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON THE AMERICAN GRADUATION INITIATIVE Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Michigan! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. First of all, give Joe a big round of applause for the wonderful introduction. (Applause.) We’ve got some special guests here — now, if everybody has chairs, go ahead and use them. (Laught...