Remarks by Obama, Al-Maliki at joint press conference

PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Please have a seat.  Good afternoon, everyone. When I took office, nearly 150,000 American troops were deployed in Iraq, and I pledged to end this war, responsibly.  Today, only several thousand troops remain there, and more are coming home every day. This is a season of homecomings, and military families across America are [...]

Posted December 12, 2011  

Transcript: President Obama on the American Jobs Act in Denver, Colo.

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Denver!  (Applause.)  What a beautiful day.  Thank you so much.  How’s it going, Lancers?  (Applause.)  I hear the Lancers have a pretty good ball team.  That’s the story I’ve heard.  (Applause.) Well, listen, there are a couple of people here I want to acknowledge who are just outstanding public servants.  First of [...]

Posted September 28, 2011  

Remarks by President Obama on American Jobs Act

On Thursday, I told Congress that I’ll be sending them a bill called the American Jobs Act.  Well, here it is.  (Applause.)  This is a bill that will put people back to work all across the country.  This is the bill that will help our economy in a moment of national crisis.  This is a [...]

Posted September 12, 2011  

Chris Saxman: Cold Fusion Friday

Greetings to all and Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary to my parents! As underwhelming as the State of the Union was, please try to remember that every time Obama speaks he is supposed to deliver one of the great speeches of all time. The expectation bar has now been set to a height that cannot be [...]

Posted January 28, 2011  

Linda Tarr-Whelan: Meeting Obama’s challenge for girls

The President’s challenge for all of us to create the country that 9-year old Christina Taylor Green thought we had when she made the fateful trip to hear her elected representative rings true to me. Christina had an ambition to be the first girl to play in the major leagues. Tragically it’s a chance she [...]

Posted January 26, 2011  

Perspectives on the economy: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling

Interesting week for me in my often overlapping roles as a business writer and politics writer. On Wednesday, I met with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, after a roundtable in Staunton with local business owners and business leaders who gave Warner quite the earful about the state of business and the state of the [...]

Posted September 10, 2010  

White House News: President speaks on clean energy manufacturing

Remarks from President Barack Obama at Menomonee Falls, Wisc., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010:   Thank you very much. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you very much. It is wonderful to be at ZBB Energy. And thanks for your hospitality, and thanks for helping to build a future. I’ve got a couple of [...]

Posted August 17, 2010  

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