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Remarks by the President on Monthly Unemployment Numbers

* The President spoke with FEMA Administrator Fugate today at 1:15p.m.EDT about Hurricane Earl. * The President was briefed on the oil platform fire in the Gulf and the government response today by Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan.  12:20 P.M. EDT MR.

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 9/2/2010

Camp Victory Baghdad, Iraq VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Ladies and gentlemen, the last several years, every time I have been in this old palace, am here, I can’t but help think of the irony that we are here today occupying a palace for a noble reason that was once occupied by Saddam Hussein.  Secretary Gates, Admiral Mullen, General Mattis, General Odierno, General Austin, Ambassador Jeffrey, our distinguished and honored Iraqi leaders and military, it’s an honor to be with you today.  It’s an honor to be joined by such a distinguished group of Americans and Iraqi commanders and civilian leaders bound together, I might add — as a nation, we are now bound together as well by years of shared struggle and significant sacrifice. In the predawn hours of March 20, 2003, columns of coalition troops set off across the desert and marshlands from Kuwait en route to Baghdad.  Last week — after seven-and-a-half years that tested our mettle like no conflict in recent American history — the last of our combat units followed that same dusty highway out of Iraq, on their way home

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Remarks by Vice President Joseph Biden at the Change of Command Ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq

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Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes aboard Air Force One en route Fort Bliss, Texas

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE August 30, 2010 Dear Madam Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:) Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C

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Letter from the President — Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to North Korea

Below are remarks by the President that will be delivered via videotape tomorrow, August 31, at the Department of Commerce’s Annual Export Controls Update Conference in Washington, D.C. Hello everyone.  I’m sorry I’m not able to be with you in person today, but I’m pleased to have the chance to join you by video to talk about our export control reform initiative.  About a year ago, we launched a comprehensive review of our export controls and determined that we need fundamental reform in all four areas of our current system – in what we control, how we control it, how we enforce those controls, and how we manage our controls.  I want to thank Secretary Locke, Secretary Gates, Secretary Clinton and many others for their work on this initiative.  And today I want to highlight the key elements of our new approach and the first steps toward its implementation

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Video Remarks by The President to the Department of Commerce Annual Export Controls Update Conference

Below are remarks by the President that will be delivered via videotape tomorrow, August 31, at the Department of Commerce’s Annual Export Controls Update Conference in Washington, D.C.

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Video Remarks by The President to the Department of Commerce Annual Export Controls Update Conference

Tomorrow, President Obama will announce a major step forward in the Administration’s efforts to fundamentally reform the export control system and will outline the foundation of our new export control system. These changes – in what we control, how we control it, how we enforce those controls and how we manage our controls – will help strengthen our national security by focusing our efforts on controlling the most critical products and technologies and by enhancing the competitiveness of key U.S

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President Obama Lays the Foundation for a New Export Control System To Strengthen National Security and the Competitiveness of Key U.S. Manufacturing and Technology Sectors

Xavier University New Orleans, Louisiana 1:50 P.M. CDT      THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  It is good to be back.  (Applause.)  It is good to be back

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Remarks by the President on the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana

WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY, 2010 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Ninety years ago, on August 26, 1920, the ratification of the 19th Amendment to our Constitution was completed, guaranteeing women the right to vote, renewing our commitment to equality and justice, and marking a turning point in our Nation’s history.  As we celebrate this important milestone and the achievements and shattered ceilings of the past, we also recognize the inequalities that remain and our charge to overcome them.

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Presidential Proclamation–Women’s Equality Day, 2010