What Government Did Today

Release Time:  For Immediate Release President Obama and President Nazarbayev spoke by phone this morning to discuss a wide range of issues in bilateral relations between the United States and Kazakhstan.  The two presidents discussed our many cooperative efforts regarding nuclear security, including securing nuclear material from the BN-350 reactor, and reviewed progress on meeting goals that the two presidents established during their bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit last year.  President Obama also thanked President Nazarbayev for his support for our mutual efforts to foster security and prosperity in Afghanistan.   In this call, the two presidents also discussed issues of democracy, affirming that greater political modernization must now accompany Kazakhstan’s economic modernization.  The parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan in 2012 offer an important opportunity for greater democratization, a goal President Nazarbayev affirmed in his recent inauguration address

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Readout of the President’s Call to President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan

Release Time:  For Immediate Release President Obama and President Nazarbayev spoke by phone this morning to discuss a wide range of issues in bilateral relations between the United States and Kazakhstan.  The two presidents discussed our many cooperative efforts regarding nuclear security, including securing nuclear material from the BN-350 reactor, and reviewed progress on meeting goals that the two presidents established during their bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit last year.  President Obama also thanked President Nazarbayev for his support for our mutual efforts to foster security and prosperity in Afghanistan.   In this call, the two presidents also discussed issues of democracy, affirming that greater political modernization must now accompany Kazakhstan’s economic modernization.  The parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan in 2012 offer an important opportunity for greater democratization, a goal President Nazarbayev affirmed in his recent inauguration address

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Readout of the President’s Call to President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan

Release Time:  For Immediate Release President Obama spoke with King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain today to discuss the ongoing situation in Bahrain.  The President said that the United States, as a long standing partner of Bahrain, believes that Bahrain’s stability depends upon respect for the universal rights of the people of Bahrain, and a process of meaningful reform that is responsive to the aspirations of all Bahrainis. 

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Readout of President Obama’s Call with the King of Bahrain

Release Time:  For Immediate Release President Obama spoke with King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain today to discuss the ongoing situation in Bahrain.  The President said that the United States, as a long standing partner of Bahrain, believes that Bahrain’s stability depends upon respect for the universal rights of the people of Bahrain, and a process of meaningful reform that is responsive to the aspirations of all Bahrainis. 

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Readout of President Obama’s Call with the King of Bahrain

Release Time:  For Immediate Release WASHINGTON – As oil and gas companies make tens of billions in profits and the government scours the budget for savings, President Obama called on Congress to stop handing them $4 billion annually in taxpayer subsidies. America’s oil production last year reached its highest level since 2003, but we need to invest in the energy of the future, instead of subsidizing the energy of the past.

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Weekly Address: Taxpayer Subsidies for Oil Companies are Neither Right, nor Smart, and They Should End

At a time of high gas prices and massive oil industry profits, the President renews his call to end the $4 billion-per-year subsidies for oil and gas companies and invest in clean energy.

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Weekly Address: Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Oil Companies

Release Time:  For Immediate Release James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida 7:17 P.M.

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Remarks by the President at Miami Dade College Commencement

Release Time:  For Immediate Release WASHINGTON – Following the President’s commitment today that the federal government would do everything possible to help families and communities recover from the deadly tornadoes from earlier this week, several members of his Cabinet will travel to Alabama and Mississippi on Sunday.  They will meet with families affected by the storms, as well as meet with state and local officials, while viewing damage and assessing the initial recovery efforts already underway.  More details on the Cabinet members’ trip will be released as they are available. Those traveling to the area on Sunday include: Janet Napolitano, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S

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Cabinet Members to Travel to Alabama, Mississippi to Meet with Families, Officials and View the Damage

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Today, the President signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions against senior Syrian officials and other Syrian and Iranian government entities responsible for human rights abuses, including the use of violence against civilians and the commission of other abuses.  These sanctions are in addition to those the United States maintains pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and Executive Orders 13338, 13399 and 13460, as a part of the national emergency with respect to Syria. Today the President continued that national emergency declaration for another year

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Statement by the Press Secretary on Syrian Human Rights Abuses

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Dear Mr. Speaker:    (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C

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Message and Notice from the President on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Syria