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【Speech Video】 President Obama speaks about how clean energy investments can diminish the environmental risks of continued use of fossil fuels and provide new jobs and opportunities after touring the Solyndra solar panel plant in Fremont, CA. 【Part One】 Thank you. Everybody please have a seat. (Applause.) It is wonderful to be here and to see all of you here today. And I...
The First Lady Unveils Childhood Obesity Task Force Action Plan May 11, 2010 | 46:07 First Lady Michelle Obama joins Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes and members of the Childhood Obesity Task Force to unveil the Task Force action plan: Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation. Public Domain The White House Office of the First Lady For Imme...
President Obama, in taped remarks, sends his warmest wishes to those celebrating the Lunar New Year, here in America and around the world: Here’s the transcript: Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the people of Asia, and all those around the world who are celebrating the Lunar New Year. As people of all cultures and faiths ...
As the President beats back lobbyists seeking to weaken Wall Street Reform, he talks about an even broader threat that would vastly expand the influence of massive industries and their lobbyists in Washington. A recent Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates for corporations, including foreign corporations, to spend endless money on political ads that would give them ev...
Press Briefings April 06, 2010 | 53:45 White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Public Domain The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 06, 2010 Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 4/6/10 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:12 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Go...
Weekly Address: Holding Wall Street Accountable The strongest consumer protections ever. Bringing transparency to financial dealings. Closing loopholes to stop recklessness and irresponsibility. Holding Wall Street accountable and giving shareholders new power in the financial system. President Obama lays out what Wall Street Reform is about, and questions whether oppositio...
【Speech Video】 The President delivers the commencement address at the United States Military Academy. 【Part 1】 Good morning. It is wonderful to be back at the United States Military Academy—the oldest continuously occupied military post in America—as we commission the newest officers in the United States Army. Thank you, General Hagenbeck for your introduction, on a day ...
Speaking from Grand Isle, Louisiana, the President discusses the hardships local residents and small business owners are facing as a result of the BP oil spill. He pledges to make sure those responsible do not shortchange them. 【Transcript】 I’m speaking to you from Caminada Bay in Grand Isle, Louisiana, one of the first places to feel the devastation wrought by the oil spi...
The President in Iowa City: “We’re Not Going Back, This Country’s Moving Forward” This afternoon the President was in Iowa City, the place where he first announced his plan for health reform back in May of 2007. He went on to single out people in the audience, and people he had met along the way who reminded him why reform was so desperately needed. H...
【Speech Video】 The President announces that the independent commission he created for the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling will be chaired by former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator Bill Reilly. He promises accountability not just for BP, but for those in government who bore responsibility. 【Transcript】 One month ag...
【Speech Video】 President Obama speaks about the Federal response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill and answers questions from the media. 【Part 1】 Good afternoon, everybody. Before I take your questions, I want to update the American people on the status of the BP oil spill -– a catastrophe that is causing tremendous hardship in the Gulf Coast, damaging a precious ecosystem, ...
Weekly Address: Time for Action on Financial Reform for the Economy As a key committee in the Senate takes up reforming the ways of Wall Street, the President lays down a marker: “I urge those in the Senate who support these reforms to remain strong, to resist the pressure from those who would preserve the status quo, to stand up for their constituents and our country. And I...
5/10/10: White House Press Briefing May 10, 2010 | 1:03:40 White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. Public Domain The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 10, 2010 Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, General McChrystal, and Ambassador Eikenberry James S. B...
Wall Street Reform & Main Street The President explains how Wall Street Reform will not only end bailouts and bring accountability for big banks, but empower consumers, shareholders and community banks. Remarks of President Barack Obama Saturday, May 15, 2010 Weekly Address Washington, DC On Thursday, I paid a visit to a small business in Buffalo, New York, a town that’s...
At 10:55 am ET (7:25 pm local), Air Force One touched down under the shroud of nightfall at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. President Obama had just made an unannounced 12 hour, 46 minute journey to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He would take a short flight aboard Marine One to Kabul where the two delegations convened. Following their meetings, the President retur...
【Speech Video】 The President delivers the commencement address at the United States Military Academy. 【Part 1】 Good afternoon, everybody. Everybody please have a seat. It is wonderful to see all of you. Welcome to the White House. I want to acknowledge a couple folks before we get started. First of all, we’ve got some special guests who are here from wonderful states. Th...
Putting Americans Back to Work: Another Step Forward This morning, President Obama signed into effect the HIRE Act, a jobs bill that provides small businesses with incentives to spur hiring and help put Americans back to work. Saying that “while this jobs bill is absolutely necessary, it’s by no means enough,” the President pledged that this was just one step amo...
In his remarks to the House Democratic Caucus yesterday, President Obama put the upcoming health insurance reform effort into a larger context with some powerful thoughts about how he got invovled in politics and what moments like now mean for the country. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you very mu...
Yesterday President Obama welcomed Utah’s Major League Soccer Team, Real Salt Lake into the White House and congratulated them on winning their first Major League Soccer Championship. Remarks by the President in Honor of the MLS Cup Champion Real Salt Lake East Room 11:05 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Please have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. And cong...
“How can I help?” That’s what former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton both asked as the devastating impact of the earthquake in Haiti became clear. This question brought them to a place they both know well, the Oval Office. There they met with President Obama and agreed to lead a major fundraising effort for relief: the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. PR...