Fifteen Appointees Have Waited an Average of 214 Days for Senate Confirmation WASHINGTON –After facing months of Republican obstruction to administration nominees, President Obama announced his intent to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts that have been left…
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WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama praised the bold reforms to the higher education system passed by Congress this week. These reforms save the taxpayers $68 billion over the next decade by ending the subsidies given to banks and middlemen who handle student loans. …
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Steve A. Linick, Inspector General, Federal Housing Finance AgencyThomas Hicks, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission President Obama said, “The expertise and…
On Friday, March 26, 2010, the President signed into law: H.R. 4938, which extends temporary authority under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to guarantee up to 90 percent of loans in the Small Business Administration’s section 7(a) Loan Program through April 30, 2010; and…
I join the American people in sending my best wishes to those, abroad and here at home, that are celebrating Bangladesh Independence Day. 39 years ago, the people of Bangladesh earned their independence, and since then, our two nations have shared a commitment to democratic values and created an…
10:53 A.M. EDT SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, thank you all very much. This is a good day for America and our security. And as President Obama just reiterated, it is one of the highest priorities of the Obama administration to pursue an agenda to reduce the threat posed by the deadliest weapons the…
10:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I just concluded a productive phone call with President Medvedev. And I’m pleased to announce that after a year of intense negotiations, the United States and Russia have agreed to the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly…
Treaty Structure: The New START Treaty is organized in three tiers of increasing level of detail. The first tier is the Treaty text itself. The second tier consists of a Protocol to the Treaty, which contains additional rights and obligations associated with Treaty provisions. The basic…
In a phone call this morning, President Obama and President Medvedev agreed to meet in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Thursday, April 8, to sign the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures to Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the…
Preparing for any redeployment often involves extensive inventories and equipment reallocations, but the process for one U.S. base in southern Maysan Province has the added challenge of transferring the entire base, equipment and crucial infrastructure.
Pending a Congressional decision on the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law, the Secretary of Defense implemented changes to current regulations Thursday to ensure a "fairer and more appropriate" enforcement of the law.
Overuse of prescription painkillers by Soldiers -- as reported recently in the civilian press -- may be the result of seemingly unrelenting deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq.
NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded a contract to A2 Research, JV, of Huntsville, Ala., to provide technical laboratory services at the center.
NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to provide air-breathing engine technologies in support of aerospace propulsion research and technology development activities at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
NASA has awarded contracts to five companies to provide space propulsion systems technologies in support of research and technology development activities at the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT on April 5 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery.
On Thursday, March 25, 2010 the President signed into law: H.R. 3433, which amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to allow up to 50 percent of the required non-federal match for wetlands conservation projects in Canada to be comprised of funds from Canadian sources.
A PROCLAMATION To secure a bright future for America, we must instill in our children a love of learning as well as a spirit of compassion. These are two of our Nation's most cherished and enduring values. Today, let us rededicate ourselves to preparing our next generation of leaders for the…