Awards to Help Communities Achieve Meaningful Health Care Improvements through Technology, Lay Foundation for Industry Expected to Support Tens of Thousands of Jobs Washington, D.C. - Vice President Biden and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the selection…
"The President was briefed six times yesterday about the investigation and was notified of the Faisal Shahzad arrest at 12:05 am, all by John Brennan."
Join Lt. Gen. Mitchell H. Stevenson, Deputy Chief of Staff Army, G-4 (Logistics) and hear his perspectives on "Sustaining Our Army During a Time of Persistent Conflict."
National Guard Soldiers and airmen are on the ground in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida supporting civilian authorities tackling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.
A humvee slowly drives down a dusty road in Afghanistan and seconds later, an IED explodes off to the right, causing the windshield to crack and the driver to swerve.
NASA will send two astronauts, a veteran undersea engineer and an experienced scientist into the ocean depths off Florida's east coast this month to test exploration concepts and learn more about working in an unforgiving, treacherous environment.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of April 24-25, 2010. The President's action…
WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Interior (DOI) Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson and Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu today met with BP CEO Tony Hayward and BP American Chairman and…
World Press Freedom Day is observed every year on May 3 to remind us of the critical importance of this core freedom. It is a day in which we celebrate the invaluable role played by the media in challenging abuses of power, identifying corruption, and informing all citizens about the important…
The President and Admiral Thad Allen spoke with local officials including mayors, county supervisors, parish presidents and more from the five states in the Gulf Region. The President voiced his commitment to engaging local governments as critical partners in the response to the oil spill and…
President Obama today made calls to Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear. The President expressed his deepest condolences for the tragic loss of life and suffering caused by flooding in their states. He also pledged that the federal government will respond quickly…
1:10 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: I'll do one quick readout before we do Q&A here. The President spoke late this morning with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. They discussed how best to work together to achieve comprehensive peace in the Middle East, in particularly by making full use of…
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF LABOR THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS…
East Room 4:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Please have a seat. Welcome to the White House, and congratulations on winning your seventh straight Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. Does this ever get old? (Applause.) I do have to warn you that I consulted with the White…
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency, unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the…
New York, NY To the participants of the NPT Review Conference, Forty years after the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entered into force, we have come together to answer a simple question with consequences for us all: as individual nations and as an international community, will we uphold the…
The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts in the area affected by a water main break beginning on May 1, 2010, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of…
NOTICE - - - - - - - CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA On May 11, 2004, pursuant to his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration…
12:11 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Well, this has been a thrill for me. And let me do our winners a favor. Put those trophies down. (Laughter.) Put them down. You’ve earned the right not to hold them up. (Laughter.) …
Check out the White House Photo Office's picks for Photo of the Day in May of 2010.