Full Text Obama Presidency May 21, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Remarks at NATO Press Conference — Discusses Afghanistan, Greece & Cory Booker’s Crticism of Campaign Attacks on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital Record

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Remarks by the President at NATO Press Conference South Building Chicago, Illinois 3:26 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Let me begin by saying thank you to my great friend, Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of the city of Chicago and [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 20, 21, 2012: President Barack Obama NATO / North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit Speeches in Chicago Roundup

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES President Obama Attends NATO Summit in Chicago Source: WH, 5-20-21-12 President Obama was in Chicago today for the first day of the NATO summit, a gathering of leaders from the 28 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In the [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 21, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Speech at ISAF Meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO Summit in Chicago

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Remarks by the President at ISAF Meeting on Afghanistan President Obama Speaks at ISAF Meeting on Afghanistan McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois 9:24 A.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, good morning, everyone.  And for those who are joining us for the first time, [...]

Political Headlines May 20, 2012: President Obama Sees ‘Emerging Consensus’ on Eurozone Economic Rescue at G8 Summit

POLITICAL HEADLINES OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: THE HEADLINES…. Obama Sees ‘Emerging Consensus’ on Eurozone Rescue Source: ABC News Radio, 5-20-12 Jewel Samad/AFP/GettyImages There were a couple new faces in town at the annual Group of Eight summit, and a couple new allies for President Obama, who has been urging Europeans to follow America’s lead. [...]

Political Buzz May 19, 2012: The G8 Summit at Camp David Roundup — President Barack Obama & G8 Leaders Promise to Tame the Eurozone Economic Crisis Through Growth & Fiscal Responsibility

POLITICAL BUZZ OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: World Leaders Urge Growth, Not Austerity Source: NYT, 5-19-12 Meeting at Camp David, leaders of the world’s richest countries banded together to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the deepening debt crisis in Europe. Graphic: Varying Rates of Growth in the G-20 3 in [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 19, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Speech at the Closing of G8 Summit Discusses Agreed Upon Economic Solutions to the Eurozone Crisis

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Statement by President Obama at Closing of G8 Summit Aspen Cabin Camp David, Maryland 6:04 P.M. EDT Good afternoon, everybody.  It has been a great pleasure to host the leaders of some of the world’s largest economies here at Camp David.  [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 18, 2012: President Obama’s First Meeting with French President Francoise Hollande to the White House — Bilateral Meeting Remarks

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Obama Welcomes French President Francoise Hollande to the White House Source: WH, 5-18-12 President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President François Hollande of France in the Oval Office, May 18, 2012 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Obama today met [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 18, 2012: President Barack Obama Announces New Partnership to Fight Global Hunger in Speech at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES President Obama Announces New Partnership to Fight Global Hunger Source: WH, 5-18-12 President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. May 18, 2012. [...]

White House Recap May 12-18, 2012: The Obama Presidency’s Weekly Recap — President Obama Honors Barnard Graduates, Fallen Law Enforcement Officials, LA Galaxy — Awards Medal of Honor & Discussed Congress Economic “To-Do-List”

WHITE HOUSE RECAP WHITE HOUSE RECAP: MAY 12-18, 2012 This week, the President discussed his plan to help responsible homeowners, honored law enforcement officers, awarded the Medal of Honor and continued to call on Congress to act on a “To Do List” Watch the Video Weekly Wrap Up: Courage and Sacrifice Source: WH, 5-18-12 Fight [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 16, 2012: President Barack Obama Awards Posthumous Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era rifleman Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Obama Awards Posthumous Medal of Honor to Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr Source: WH, 5-16-12 President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Rose Sabo-Brown, widow of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, in the East Room of the White House, May [...]

White House Recap April 27-May 4, 2012: The Obama Presidency’s Weekly Recap — President Barack Obama’s Surprise Afghanistan Visit — Signs Strategic Partnership Agreement

WHITE HOUSE RECAP WHITE HOUSE RECAP: APRIL 27-MAY 4, 2012 West Wing Week: 5/4/12 or “Out of Many, We are One.” Source: WH, 5-4-12 This week, the President traveled to Afghanistan to sign an historic Strategic Partnership Agreement, visit with our troops, and address the American people about responsibly ending the war. The President also traveled [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 1, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Historic Speech to the Nation from Afghanistan — Promises to Stand by Afghans & Wind Down War

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Obama on Ending the War in Afghanistan Source: WH, 5-1-12  Today, President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan — to meet with President Hamid Karzai and sign a strategic partnership agreement that will help to guide our future relationship with the country. For [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 1, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Speech to US Troops During Surprise Visit to Afghanistan

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: On Surprise Trip to Kabul, Obama Signs Afghan Pact Source: NYT, 5-1-12 Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama got a high five from a member of the U.S. military at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan on Tuesday. President Obama signed a strategic partnership [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency May 1, 2012: Speeches by President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at Signing of Strategic Partnership Agreement

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES AP Photo/Charles Dharapa President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai before signing a strategic partnership agreement Tuesday at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Remarks by President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at Signing of Strategic Partnership Agreement [...]

Full Text Obama Presidency April 23, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Honoring the Pledge of ‘never again’ & Saying ‘I’ll be there for Israel’ — Issues New Tech Sanctions on Syria, Iran

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama at Holocaust museum: ‘I’ll be there for Israel’ Source: JTA, 4-23-12 President Obama in an address at a Holocaust remembrance [...]