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Thank you. (Applause.)Thank you so much. Thank you. And thank you, General Caslen, for that introduction. To General Trainor, General Clarke, the faculty and staff at West Point — you have been outstanding stewards of this proud institution and outstanding mentors for the newest officers in the United States Army. I’d like to acknowledge the Army’s leadership — G...
Good morning, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Please, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, good morning, everybody. Welcome to the White House andwelcome to our annual Easter prayer breakfast. As always, we are blessed to be joined by so many good friends fromaround the country. We've gotdistinguished guests. We've got faithl...
MRS. OBAMA: Oh, my goodness! Good morning! AUDIENCE: Good morning. MRS. OBAMA: I am so happy to be here with you all. I’m proud to be here in the Big Easy. Look at you all! (Applause.) You look good. STUDENT: You do too! MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Laughter.) I want to start by thanking Nicole for that very kind introduction and for sharing her story, which is not too unfamiliar...
Tomorrow, the Government will be re-introducing our Bill to scrap the carbon tax. Scrapping the carbon tax is a vital part of this Government’s Economic Action Strategy because the carbon tax is bad for jobs, it hurts families and it doesn’t help the environment. By scrapping the carbon tax we’ll save the typical household about $550 a year. Electricity prices will be lower ...
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, My government’s legislative programme will continue to deliver on its long-term plan to build a stronger economy and a fairer society. To strengthen the economy and provide stability and security, my ministers will continue to reduce the country’s deficit, helping to ensure that mortgage and interest rates remain low. An updated ...
President Powers, Provost Fenves, Deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most importantly, the class of 2014. Congratulations on your achievement. It's been almost 37 years to the day that I graduated from UT. I remember a lot of things about that day. I remember I had throbbing headache from a party the night before. I remember I had a serious girlfriend,...
I want to send my very best wishes to everyone observing the holy month of Ramadan. This is an incredibly special time of year for Muslims at home and abroad a time for charity, for contemplation and community. First, charity. This is one of the things that Islam is all about. Here in Britain, Muslims are our biggest donors – they give more to charity than any other faith gr...
Today is a National Day of Mourning. We will pause. We will give thanks for their lives and we will pray for their loved ones. Flags will be lowered across the country. Our national leaders will attend the Memorial Service in Melbourne with many of the families. And elsewhere in the world, over 500 Australians continue their work as part of Operation Bring Them Home. Today i...
Good evening, everybody. Please have a seat. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White House. This city, this house, has welcomed foreign envoys and leaders for more than two centuries. But never before have we hosted a dinner at the White House like this, with so many Presidents, so many Prime Ministers all at once. (Applause.) So we are grateful for all the le...
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank youvery much, Secretary Ryan. I am really excited to be here. This is a big dealfor – what did you say, I was a kid when I played? (Laughter.) I actually – Iplayed in university. I didn’t think of myself as a kid, but I’ll take it.(Laughter.) It’s a real pleasure to be here.I’m honored to be here with members of the American national team, vetera...
Bill Gates: Congratulations, Class of 2014! Melinda and I are excited to be here. It would be a thrill for anyone to be invited to speak at a Stanford Commencement – but it’s especially gratifying for us. Stanford is rapidly becoming the favorite university for members of our family. And it’s long been a favorite university for Microsoft and our foundation. Our formula has b...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you. Please be seated. Well, good afternoon, everybody. To Mayor Bloomberg, thank you — not only for the kind introduction, but to Bloomberg Philanthropies as our co-host, and for the great work that you’re doing across Africa to help create jobs, and promote public health, encourage entrepreneurship, especially women. So thank y...
I want to send my best wishes to everyone celebrating St George’s Day. Up and down the country – including here in Downing Street — the flag of St George is flying high and celebrations, from the archaic to the eccentric, are taking place. In Plymouth, a patriotic festival. In London, a great feast in Trafalgar Square. In Leicester, a medieval re-enactment. And in Worc...
Easter is the most important date in theChristian calendar, and an incredibly special time for people across Britainand around the world. Last month I was in Jerusalem and Bethlehem and I got tosee for myself the places where Jesus was born and died. It was anextraordinary experience to be in those places where so much history began. Today, 2000 years on, Easter is not just ...
I am pleased to greet the Third China-Africa People’s Forum. I thank the China NGO Network for International Exchanges and the Sudan NGO Network for co-organizing this meeting. I also thank the Government of Sudan for hosting. Ending extreme poverty in Africa and across the world is a top priority for the United Nations. It is a moral and political imperative. The remarkable...
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Hello, Estonia! Tere Eesti! Thank you, Oskar, for your wonderful introduction and for representing the talent and the energy and the optimism of today’s Estonia, especially its young people. And Oskar is sitting next to his father, and his father and I agree that we’re getting gray, so we have to make sure that someb...
You’ve got that right Mr. President, I am a proud Duke alumni. Just to get the energy level up here a little bit, how about you join me in the following chant that I wouldn’t mind if they could hear down on Franklin Street. Here we go… Let’s go Duke! Let’s go Duke! Let’s go Duke! Let’s go Duke! Let’s go Duke! Alright! Way to go 2014. You know, I’m a keen observer of my...
Hello, CBC! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, have a seat. It is good to be with you here tonight. If it wasn’t black tie I would have worn my tan suit. (Laughter.) I thought it looked good. (Laughter.) Thank you, Chaka, for that introduction. Thanks to all of you for having me here this evening. I want to acknowledge the members of the Congressional Black Caucus and...
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow leaders: For all the immediate challenges that we gather to address this week – terrorism, instability, inequality, disease – there’s one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate. Five years have passed since many of us met...
Thank you, Digby, for that warm and typically robust Birmingham welcome. Gathered here in this hall are the representatives of Britain's great Party of Progress. The Party of enterprise and discovery, of liberty and the law, of the wide open seas and global free trade. And we meet to lay out our case before the nation and to ask it to choose the future not the past. In B...