What Government Did Today

TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Protocol Amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, done at Paris on May 27, 2010 (the "proposed Protocol"), which was signed by the United States on May 27, 2010. The existing Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, done at Strasbourg on January 25, 1988, entered into force for the United States on January 4, 1995 (the "existing Convention").

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Message to the Senate from the President Regarding a Tax Convention

TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to their ratification, the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed in Washington on February 4, 2010, with a Protocol signed the same day, as corrected by exchanges of notes effected February 25, 2011, and February 10 and 21, 2012, and a related agreement effected by exchange of notes (the "related Agreement") on February 4, 2010.  I also transmit for the information of the Senate the report of the Department of State, which includes an Overview of the proposed Convention, the Protocol, and related Agreement. The proposed Convention, Protocol, and related Agreement (together "proposed Treaty") would be the first bilateral income tax treaty between the United States and Chile.  The proposed Treaty contains comprehensive provisions designed to address "treaty shopping," which is the inappropriate use of a tax treaty by residents of a third country, and provides for a robust exchange of information between the tax authorities in the two countries to facilitate the administration of each country's tax laws

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Message from the President to the Senate Regarding a Tax Treaty with Chile

Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the relationship between the United States and Burma. Since I announced a new U.S

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Statement by the President on Burma

The White House Office of Communications ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release May 15, 2012 Remarks of Cecilia Muñoz, Domestic Policy Council Director, As Prepared for Delivery The Hamilton Project at Brookings National Press Club As prepared for delivery – Thank you.  And thank you to the Hamilton Project not just for inviting me to be part of the impressive group discussing this important issue, but also for holding a forum attempting to get beyond the rhetoric to examine the character and implications of the problem.  Immigration reform is all too often viewed through all kinds of lenses but rarely is it viewed through the most important one, which is a clear-eyed analysis of what’s in the country’s best interest.   I firmly believe that if policymakers in this town were using this particular lens, the divisive debate about immigration reform would be in the rear-view mirror by now.  That’s why I’m grateful that you’re hosting this forum today, and that you have invited so many thoughtful people to examine the question of how we can get back to building an immigration system that demands both responsibility and accountability through a comprehensive legislative reform.  I’m honored to be among them. I work on a broad range of domestic policy issues for the President; in this particular moment, in which we are recovering from a recession of historic proportions — a moment in which we can see significant progress with so much more progress still to be made — my job is to help advance the President’s priorities, particularly those which create jobs, and strengthen our economic future.   You have heard the President talk about his vision for an economy built to last; one that creates secure American jobs.  I have the privilege of serving on a team that is focused on priorities that are fundamental to that vision.

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Remarks of Cecilia Muñoz, Domestic Policy Council Director, As Prepared for Delivery- The Hamilton Project at Brookings

TO IMPLEMENT THE UNITED STATES-COLOMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES – - – - – - – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. On November 22, 2006, the United States entered into the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the "Agreement") and on June 28, 2007, the United States and Colombia amended the Agreement

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Presidential Trade Proclamation — To Implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement and for Other Purposes

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:35 P.M. EDT MR.

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 5/7/12

Washington Hilton Hotel Washington, D.C. 10:38 A.M

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Remarks by the President at the Building and Construction Trades Department Conference

Private Residence McLean, Virginia   5:57 P.M. EDT   PRESIDENT CLINTON:  Hey!  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you very much.  (Applause.)  First of all, I want to thank mostly Dorothy for having us here.  (Laughter.)  Terry actually likes it when there are hundreds of people in his back yard.  (Laughter.)  And I'm delighted that their — four of their five children are here — Jack, Mary, Sally and Peter.  Dori, their other daughter, is off playing in a national tournament in lacrosse.  Jack plays rugby for the Naval Academy, where he is in his first year — and I'm very proud of him for his service he's doing.  (Applause.)   I love poor Terry McAuliffe.  He's so laid back and repressed.  (Laughter.)  He just can't express himself.  (Laughter.)  I worry about him.  But I tell you what, we had a hundred more like him we wouldn't lose as many elections — (laughter) — he is a — and I'm grateful.  (Applause.)   My job is to introduce the President.  I'm going to tell you a couple of things I hope you'll remember and share with others.  When you become President, your job is to explain where we are, say where you think we should go, have a strategy to get there, and execute it.  By that standard, Barack Obama deserves to be reelected President of the United States.  (Applause.)  And I'm going to tell you the only reason we're even meeting here.  I mean, this is crazy — he's got an opponent who basically wants to do what they did before, on steroids — (laughter) — which will get you the same consequences you got before, on steroids.  (Laughter.)   So let's be serious here.  When then-Senator Obama was running for President, he laid out a forward-looking plan to restore broad-based prosperity with a 21st century economy in the United States, to advance the national security of America, and to build a world with more partners and fewer adversaries.  And if he had taken office in that world and implemented those plans in energy, education, health care and across the board — which he has done — we'd be roaring.    But then what happened?  September the 15th, 2008, we had a financial crash — only seven weeks before the election.  And it didn't bottom out till he he'd been President six months and before any of his policies had time to take effect.  If you go back 500 years, whenever a country's financial system collapses, it takes between 5 and 10 years to get back to full employment.  If you go back for the last 200 years, when buildings had been widely owned by individuals and companies, if there's a mortgage collapse it almost always takes 10 years.  He's beating the clock, not behind it.  Don't listen to those Republicans.  We are beating the clock.  (Applause.)   So if somebody says, well, but I don't feel all that great yet, or not everything is back yet, or it's still kind of slow yet, you just remind them we've gotten 4 million jobs since the recession bottomed out; the ones we lost in the crash have been restored.  Thanks to the stimulus which kept unemployment one and a half to two points lower than it would have been.  Thanks to his restructuring of the American automobile industry, which saved a million and a half jobs and created 84,000 more.  (Applause.)  Thanks to the astonishing agreement between labor and management and the environmental groups and the federal government to raise mileage standards on cars that will create 150,000 high-tech jobs and clean the environment for our future.  These are the things that have been done.

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Remarks by President Obama and Former President Clinton at a Campaign Event

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Background Briefing by Senior Administration Official on the Visit of Prime Minister Noda of Japan

Today, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Fort Stewart in Georgia where the President will sign an Executive Order to help ensure all of America’s service members, veterans, spouses, and other family members have the information they need to make informed educational decisions and are protected from aggressive and deceptive targeting by educational institutions.

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Background on the President and First Lady’s Visit to Fort Stewart