In a White House speech televised live throughout the United States, President Obama reflected on recent events in Egypt, including the protests, the actions of Egyptian citizens, and the departure of long-time President Hosni Mubarak. He called for a transition that would be “credible in the eyes of the Egyptian people,” and that would bring [...]
President Obama traveled to Michigan Thursday to announce the National Wireless Initiative, a program that promised to bring 4G high-speed wireless internet to 98 percent of Americans. He first announced plans for extended wireless coverage during his State of the Union speech earlier this year. Speaking to a crowd at North Michigan University the president [...]
One year ago this week, first lady Michelle Obama launched her Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity in the United States. To celebrate the program’s first anniversary, Mrs. Obama is making multiple media appearances, releasing a televised public service announcement, and traveling to Atlanta, Georgia to meet with students, teachers, and parents. While in [...]
As Americans and American football fans around the world prepare for this Sunday’s Super Bowl, the White House is busy making plans of its own for the big game. More than 100 people have accepted invitations to the Obamas’ Super Bowl party, including musicians Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Obama administration officials such as Attorney [...]
President Obama traveled to a university in Pennsylvania today to promote the energy efficiency-focused Better Buildings Initiative. The initiative aims to make commercial buildings across the country 20 percent more energy efficient over the next decade, a move the White House estimates could save American businesses roughly $40 billion per year. Some of the programs [...]
During the month of February, festivities across the United States will highlight African American contributions to American society and remember the struggles and triumphs that generations of African Americans have lived through. In a proclamation released yesterday, President Obama recognized the beginning of National African American History Month, stating: “For centuries, African American men and [...]
The White House has released new, behind-the-scenes photos that chronicle everything from a visit by former president Bill Clinton to the Obama family vacation in Hawaii. All of the 61 photos were taken in December. The White House has been releasing monthly photo albums since May 2009. You can view the December 2010 photo album [...]
Last week in his State of the Union address, President Obama emphasized the need for investment and innovation to drive America’s continued economic recovery. Today, the White House and several senior cabinet members are joining some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs to launch the Startup America Partnership to help achieve Obama’s goal. Bringing together partners [...]
President Obama and several senior members of his administration worked the phones over the weekend as they monitored unfolding developments in Egypt. Media report that Obama has been communicating concrete steps for reform to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, including communicating with the opposition and lifting an emergency law in place since 1981 that gives the [...]
Press reported yesterday that Jay Carney would replace Robert Gibbs as press secretary to President Obama. Gibbs, who announced that he would be leaving the White House earlier this month, has been a long-time counselor to Obama and has said he will continue to be an outside advisor to the President’s re-election campaign for 2012. [...]
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