What Government Did Today

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

I’ve directed my administration to launch a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort to save lives and support the recovery in Haiti.  The losses that have been suffered in Haiti are nothing less than devastating, and responding to a disaster of this magnitude will require every element of our national capacity – our diplomacy and development assistance; the power of our military; and, most importantly, the compassion of our country. President Obama January 14, 2010 In response to the President’s direction, a whole of government effort has been launched to support the people of Haiti.  More than 20,000 U.S. civilian and military personnel have been directly engaged in carrying out activities from search and rescue to restoring airports and seaports to providing live saving health and medical service to helping meet the basic food, water, and shelter needs of the Haitian people.  They have also engaged in efforts to evacuate more than 21,000 U.S.

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United States Government Haiti Earthquake Disaster Response

Rose Garden 12:01 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Please be seated.  Good afternoon, everybody.  And on behalf of the American people, I want to welcome President Préval, the First Lady, and their delegation to the United States. The President and I have just concluded a very productive meeting in the Oval Office on the urgent and overriding challenges before us — helping the people of Haiti as they recover and rebuild after one of the most devastating natural disasters ever to strike our hemisphere

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Remarks by President Obama and President Preval of the Republic of Haiti

Muq’ata Ramallah PRESIDENT ABBAS:  In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, it is our pleasure to welcome the Vice President, our friend, Joseph Biden, here in Ramallah.  This visit comes as an expression of the interest that President Obama’s administration has according to the peace process and to achieve the two-state solution.

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Remarks by Vice President Biden and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Major General Robert A. Harding, U.S.

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President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Robert A. Harding to lead the Transportation Security Administration

Council to advise on labor-management relations in the executive branch WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations. Carol A. Bonosaro, Member, National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations William Dougan, Member, National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations Michael B

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President Obama Announces Members of the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations

President Obama will award the 2009 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to 20 honorees in the East Room.  The First Lady will also attend.  The President will deliver remarks and present the awards to the following individuals and organizations: Bob Dylan Clint Eastwood Milton Glaser Maya Lin Jessye Norman The Oberlin Conservatory of Music Joseph P. Riley, Jr. The School of American Ballet Frank Stella Michael Tilson Thomas John Williams Rita Moreno Robert A.

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Background on the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards Ceremony

10:53 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you very much, Harry.  Everybody went a little over time, which is not surprising with a room full of elected officials.  I wanted to give people a little bit of a wide berth starting off, but we’re going to need to be more disciplined moving forward if we’re going to be able to cover every item.  And I’ll try to set the example here. I just want to address very quickly, Lamar, the issue of process that you raised at the beginning and then we’ll move on and start talking about the specifics.  As I listened to your description of the House/Senate bill, as well as the proposal that I put on our Web site, obviously there were some disagreements about how you would characterize the legislation.  On the other hand, when I listened to some of the steps that you thought Republicans would be open to, I thought, well, a bunch of these things are things that we’d like to do, and in fact are in the legislative proposals.

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Discussion on Cost Containment at Bipartisan Meeting on Health Care Reform

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Stephen T.

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President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 2/23/10

Conditional deal is major step towards restarting the domestic nuclear industry Washington D.C.

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Obama Administration Announces Loan Guarantees to Construct New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia