What Government Did Today

The President Donates Nobel Prize Money to Charity

White House — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:22:00 +0000

WASHINGTON – President Obama today announced the charities that will receive a portion of the $1.4 million award that comes with the Nobel peace prize. “These organizations do extraordinary work in the United States and abroad helping students, veterans and countless others in need,” said President Obama.

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The President Donates Nobel Prize Money to Charity

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 3/11/10

White House — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +0000

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the President’s Export Council: W. James McNerney, Jr., Chair, President’s Export Council Ursula M. Burns, Vice Chair, President’s Export Council President Obama said, “Jim and Ursula are tremendously talented and experienced, and I am grateful that they have chosen to serve in these important roles as we work to strengthen our economy and create good jobs by boosting our exports.

Executive Order – National Export Initiative

White House — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:00 +0000

EXECUTIVE ORDER – - – - – - – NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, Public Law 102-429, 106 Stat. 2186, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, in order to enhance and coordinate Federal efforts to facilitate the creation of jobs in the United States through the promotion of exports, and to ensure the effective use of Federal resources in support of these goals, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy

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Remarks by Vice President Biden: The Enduring Partnership Between the United States and Israel

White House — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0000

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Mr. President, thank you for that lovely introduction. And thank you for hosting me at such a world-class center for higher learning. It’s been a long time since I’ve been back on campus. I was a mere child, a 31-year-old Senator when I was here the first time. But it’s a privilege to be back. The past few days being back in Israel has been wonderful. It’s — it’s been an honor to be here, and it’s been — I wanted everyone to know with whom I spoke, and all of you to know, the deep friendship and kinship I feel as well as President Obama feels for this magnificent country. I should probably be used to it by now, but I’m always struck every time I come back by the hospitality of the Israeli people. No matter how long I’ve been away — and I imagine you’ve experienced this yourself — the instant I return, I feel like I’m at home. I feel like I never left. I feel like things just picked up where they left off the day that I left being here. So please accept my warmest gratitude, as well that of President Obama, who knows as well as I do that the United States has no better friend in the community of nations than Israel. Thank you so much. (Applause.) I see some of my U.S. friends down there in the front row. I won’t identify them and ruin their reputations. But they — they know where my love for this country comes. It started at my dinner table with my father, who you would refer to as a righteous Christian. My father — my dinner table was a place where we gathered to have conversation and incidentally eat, as opposed to the other way around. And my father — my father’s support for Israel is outrage for what had happened in the ‘30s and the failure of the world to act, his support for the creation of the state of Israel. It generated a feeling for Israel that began in my gut and went to my heart, and the older I got matured in my mind. During those sessions, my other — my father often spoke passionately about the special connection between the Jewish people and this land. Like many of my countrymen, I experienced the magic of Israel at a relatively young age — at least it looks young now from my perspective. When I first visited here in 1973 on the eve of the Yom Kippur War, your nation was only a quarter-century old, and I was not much older. Already, Israel had a tragic as well as triumphal history behind it, and as we all know, some very difficult days ahead. Already, there was a sense here that anything was possible

Remarks by the President at Grassroots Fundraising Reception for Senator McCaskill

White House — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:29:00 +0000

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Remarks by the President at a Fundraising Dinner for Senator Claire McCaskill

White House — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:00 +0000

Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis, Missouri 6:45 P.M

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Notice of Continuation from the President Regarding Iran

White House — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:00 +0000

NOTICE – - – - – - – CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Iran

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Message from the President Regarding Iran

White House — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:00 +0000

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 Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication stating that the Iran emergency declared on March 15, 1995, is to continue in effect beyond March 15, 2010

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Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 3/10/10

White House — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:58:00 +0000

Thomas Edward Delahanty II, of Maine, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine for the term of four years, vice Jay Patrick McCloskey. Catherine C. Eagles, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, vice Norwood Carlton Tilley, Jr., retired.

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President Obama Nominates Justice Thomas Delahanty II and Wendy Olson to be United States Attorneys

White House — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:00 +0000

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Justice Thomas Delahanty II and Wendy Olson to be United States Attorneys for the District of Maine and the District of Idaho, respectively. Justice Delahanty currently serves as a Justice for the Maine Superior Court and Olson is currently Senior Litigation Counsel in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. “I am honored to nominate Justice Thomas Delahanty and Wendy Olson today to serve as United States Attorneys,” President Obama said. “They will be resolute in their pursuit of justice and I am confident they will serve the people of Maine and Idaho with distinction.” Thomas Edward Delahanty II: Nominee for United States Attorney, District of Maine Justice Thomas Delahanty has been a Justice for the Maine Superior Court since 1983, where he served as Chief Justice from 1990 until 1995.

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