THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please have a seat. Have a seat. Good morning, everybody. Before I begin let me just acknowledge（承认，答谢） some of the people who are standing behind me he
Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressThe White HouseJune 27, 2009 Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean e
The tide of war is receding（后退，减弱） . When I took office, roughly 180,000 Americans were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. By the end of this year, that number will be cut in half, and it will continue
Marc Ambinder. Q: Mr. President, thank you. How do these negotiations affect negotiations or talks with Republicans about raising the debt limit? Because it would seem that they have a significant amo
As many of you know, early on Friday, at least twelve people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a movie heater in Aurora, Colorado. Dozens more are being treated for injuries at local hospitals.
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMAAND PRIME MINISTER NOURI AL MALIKI OF IRAQIN JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. I am very pleased to welcome Prime Minister al Maliki back t
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I just had a very productive meeting with two members of my Economic Recovery Advisory Board: Paul Volcker, who's the former chair of the Federal Reserve Board;
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTAFTER THE TRILATERAL MEETINGWITH PRESIDENT KARZAI OF AFGHANISTANAND PRESIDENT ZARDARI OF PAKISTAN Grand Foyer 4:11 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. We just fi
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMAAND HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH SABAH,AMIR OF THE STATE OF KUWAITBEFORE MEETING PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to extend my welcome to the Amir of Kuwait. We are grateful for his visit. Whe
The past three months have seem a storm of activity from the White House, with initiatives on housing, the markets, the auto industry, small businesses, international financial cooperation, and job cr
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you. Well, it is wonderful to be here. Barbara, thank you for the outstanding introduction. I want to acknowledge a few other
Medicare and Medicaid are huge problems because health care costs are rising even as the population is getting older. And so what I've said is that I'm prepared to work with Democrats and Republicans
Well, Prime Minister Kan and I just had an excellent conversation and bilateral meeting（双边会议） after three days where we’ve had an opportunity to share ideas on not only the most pressing issues
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Today I have signed into law H.R. 146, the "Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009." This landmark bill will protect millions of acres of Federal land as wilde
That obviously was not the case in the Deepwater Horizon rig（钻探设备） , and I want to know why. The American people deserve to know why. The families I met with last week who lost their loved ones in the
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTTO THE NAACP CENTENNIAL CONVENTION NAACP介绍： NAACP：National Association for the Advancement of Colored People全国有色人种协进会(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I'm ready. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: -- you and the First Lady came to Israel, sir. PRESIDENT OBAMA: We look forward to it. Thank you. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Any time. PRESIDENT OB
Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is poised to（随时准备着） take today -- a vote that can bring us one step closer to making
Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressSaturday, August 8th, 2009 On Friday, we received better news than we expected about the state of our economy. We learned that we lost 247,000 j
Q Mr. President, tied in with the jobs situation I think is the education system. And it seems to be in a crisis now, and people are not being educated to take these jobs that are going to be created.
