Obama Urges Americans to Meet 21st Century Challenges
In the annual State of the Union address, President Obama urged American lawmakers to support innovative research and educational opportunities as a means of maintaining U.S. economic competitiveness and ensuring its progress in the 21st century.
“This is our generation’s Sputnik moment,” the president said January 25 in his address to a joint session of Congress. [...]
U.S. Sees Regional Dynamic in Mideast Protests
The Obama administration says there is a regional dynamic under way in the Middle East and North Africa as younger populations seeking better opportunities are voicing their protests in the streets, and it urges governments in the region to “actively respond” to the concerns of the protesters.
The January 14 ouster of former Tunisian President Zine [...]
United States Condemns Burma’s Elections
President Obama says Burma’s parliamentary elections on November 7 were neither free nor fair and failed to meet any internationally accepted standards.
“The elections were based on a fundamentally flawed process and demonstrated the regime’s continued preference for repression and restriction over inclusion and transparency,” Obama said in a prepared statement November 7. He is on [...]
Anti-Corruption Fighters of the World: Unite, U.S. Urges
By Andrzej Zwaniecki
The Obama administration is pushing for bolder efforts to fight corruption, building on progress made last year by the international community.
An international anti-corruption campaign gained momentum in 2009, when state parties to the U.N Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) agreed to establish a peer review mechanism for compliance with the convention. In June, a [...]
Midterms Show Voters Still Worried About Economy, Obama Says
Midterms Show Voters Still Worried About Economy, Obama Says
Reacting to the 2010 midterm elections November 2 that resulted in the Democratic Party losing control of the House of Representatives, slimming its majority in the Senate and losing some gubernatorial contests, President Obama said American voters had sent a message that they are frustrated with the [...]
U.S. Shifts from Military to Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq
President discusses mission change in nationally televised speech
The United States has ended its seven-and-a-half-year-old military operation in Iraq and is shifting to a civilian-led mission to build a partnership with Iraq that will strengthen its government, industry and people, President Obama says.
“As our military draws down, our dedicated civilians — diplomats, aid workers and advisers [...]
When the White House Joined Facebook
Obama’s New Media Director explains what he received from the Bush administration..
It was time to visit the most powerful center in the world; the White House, like a modern Rome, of the first African-American President. Intense body searches, marble stairs and an imposing room with wooden touches and portraits of “our Nation’s Fathers.”
Our appointment, always [...]
U.S. Supports Greek Prime Minister’s Economic Measures
Efforts in Europe and the United States to curb excessive financial speculation, believed to be a significant factor in the global recession, will be on the agenda for the annual meeting of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said after a White House meeting with President Obama March [...]
Obama’s Commitment
In Prague last April, President Obama set forth an ambitious and bold agenda: to achieve the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Other presidents have articulated that goal, but President Obama has made clear that he will aggressively work toward it.
Achieving a nuclear-free world, the president said, would take patience and persistence [...]
United States Condemns Unjust Executions of Iranian Dissenters
The Obama administration says Iran’s execution of two Iranians who were accused of being involved in protests following the country’s June 12, 2009, presidential election is “unjust” and marks a “low point” in the government’s crackdown against people’s peaceful exercise of their rights to free speech and free assembly.
Speaking to reporters January 28, White [...]
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