President Obama Statement On Government Shutdown

This statement by President Obama on the antcipated Government Shutdown came from The White House at 6:17 PM EST: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate September 30, 201 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 5:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Of all the responsibilities … Read more

President Obama Executive Order To Continue Advisory Committees

President Obama just issued an executive order to continue Federal Advisory Committees through September 30th, 2015, the last year of office of The Obama Administration. Here’s the order: President Obama Executive Order To Continue Advisory Committeesa.eo.Rel by Zennie Abraham Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of … Read more

President Obama Continues National Emergency On Terrorists

In the wake of the Washington Navy Yard shooting by Aaron Alexis, today, the White House issued a press release announcing that President Obama will continue the National Emergency on terrorists, or the more detailed respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Here’s … Read more

President Obama Appoints Cynthia Akuetteh Ambassador To Gabon

President Obama announced several key appointments this week, and foremost was the selection of Cynthia Akuetteh to the position of Ambassador To Gabon. Here’s that news, and the President’s press release on his other appointments: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following … Read more

President Obama, Prime Minister Reinfeldt Of Sweden In Press Conference: Transcript

President Obama and Sweden’s Prime Minister Reinfeldt gave a joint press conference early this morning on Syria. Here’s the full, unedited transcript from that session: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT OF SWEDEN IN A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE Rosenbad Stockholm, Sweden 2:45 P.M. CEST PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT: It’s a great honor and pleasure … Read more

President Obama Calls Chancellor Merkel Of Germany On Syria

President Obama may have lost Great Britain as an official option in a discussed military strike on Syria, but he has other options, like Germany, for example. While Germany can do little in the way of waging war, thanks to provisions installed after World War II, it can at least provide monetary help. Perhaps that’s … Read more

President Obama’s Speech At The 50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington

President Obama’s Speech, courtesy of The White House. This is a transcript of the full speech given by President Barack Obama today, Wednesday, August 28th, 2013, and to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The March On Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech at the same place at the Lincoln … Read more

President Obama Called For NSA Review By Intelligence Group

President Obama has sent a signal that he’s clearly concerned with the actions of the NSA, even as he defends their actions in the wake of revelations of massive levels of violations of constitutional rights in the action of gathering information by the organization, after leaks by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. It also backs my … Read more

White House Press Briefing On Syria: Transcript: Monday, August 26th, 2013

This is the full White House Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, from today, Monday, August 26th, 2013. It was held after President Obama’s remarks on Syria, and after Secretary Of State John Kerry made his statements about Syria. Here’s Mr. Carney: PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY James S. Brady Press Briefing … Read more

President Obama Calls Cal Gov. Jerry Brown On Yosemite Fire

This is a press brief on President Obama’s call to California Governor Jerry Brown on the matter of the Yosemite Fire: Readout of the President’s Call to California Governor Jerry Brown Yesterday, President Obama called Governor Jerry Brown to receive an update on the fires in California, including the Rim fire that is impacting families, … Read more

Making The Rounds With President Obama In New York, On Friday, August 23rd

President Obama is in New York State on his college affordability tour – I’m not with him, but thanks to constant White House updates, it feels that way. During this Friday morning in Auburn, NY, The President made time to visit a gym before heading off to a school, and eventually to his afternoon town … Read more

President Obama On College Affordability At Buffalo, NY

This transcript came from The White House Press Office 25 minutes ago: REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY State University of New York Buffalo Buffalo, New York 11:23 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Buffalo! (Applause.) Hello, Bulls! (Applause.) Well, it is good to be back in Buffalo, good to be back in the north. … Read more

President Obama Honors The 1972 Miami Dolphins At The White House

As reported late Monday, here… President Obama was to host the 1972 Miami Dolphins for the first-ever visit to The White House by the only team in NFL history to achieve the objective of a perfect season, which means no regular season, playoff, or Super Bowl losses in the one year. Well, President Obama met … Read more

President Obama Congratulates Mali On Its Presidential Elections

This “Statement by the President on the Presidential Elections in Mali” if from The White House: On behalf of the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Mali and President-elect Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on a successful election on August 11. Through the Interim Government’s management of a peaceful, inclusive, and credible electoral … Read more

Barack Obama Speech At Sen. Barbara Boxer Event In San Francisco In 2007

Barack Obama, now President Barack Obama, but then Illinois Senator Barack Obama. The speech is still one of the few available online from the days just after he officially announced he was running for President Of The United States, which was done on February 10th, 2007; this was February 21st 2007. What follows is what … Read more

President Obama Cancels Putin Meeting After Edward Snowden Asylum

President Obama cancelled his planned visit to Moscow to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, but still plans to attend the G-20 Summit. Why? Blame NSA Leaker Edward Snowden, and Vladimir Putin’s decision to grant him asylum in Russia, rather than send him back to the United States, as the reason. President Obama’s White House … Read more

President Obama On The Economy: Transcript And Video

President Obama gave a massively excellent speech on the American Economy on Wednesday. Here’s the video and the transcript: 2:13 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Galesburg! (Applause.) Well, it’s good to be home in Illinois! (Applause.) It is good to be back. It’s good to be back. Thank you. Thank you so much, everybody. (Applause.) … Read more

With “President Obama & Secret Service” At Comic Con: BattlePillars

President Obama at Comic Con? Well, yes, sort of. President Barack Obama and his Secret Service detail were at Comic Con 2013, and in the form of Reggie Brown and five security guards. You see, Reggie Brown is the World’s best Obama impersonator, and was at Comic Con 2013 to help promote a new app … Read more

Voting Rights Act Upended By U.S. Supreme Court; GOP In Trouble

Voting Rights Act Upended By U.s. Supreme Court; Gop In Trouble

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, in deciding the case Shelby County v. Holder, elected to basically kill the Voting Rights Act, and put the whole deal in the lap of Congress to fix. What the majority of The Supreme Court did was say that the formula for determining the application … Read more

Sarah Harrison Is WikiLeaks Member Traveling With Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden has a new girl in his life: Sarah Harrison. According to WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison is a UK native and member of the WikiLeaks Legal Defense Team. According to accounts, she’s the mastermind behind Snowden’s departure from Hong Kong and for all practical purposes, his travel planner. CORRECTION. According to Lana … Read more

President Obama’s Speech From Berlin, Germany, Pariser Platz, Brandenburg Gate

President Obama gave a speech from Pariser Platz, Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday. The event was held just after the G8 Summit, and after the President’s Speech, he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a press conference. If you’re asking what did it all accomplish, the answer is that the best communication is … Read more

U.S. Into Syria? Bill Clinton, Step Out Of President Obama’s Way

Bill Clinton is much admired by the American Public, but at times he forgets he’s the former President, and not President. President Obama is the current POTUS, and he alone makes the call, and that includes Syria. This blogger has always been an Obama supporter, and if you want to say I’m a diehard, so … Read more

Edward Snowden NSA Whistleblower No Hero, But Should Be Pardoned

Edward Snowden, the NSA Whistleblower who leaked details of a National Security Agency program called “PRISM,” is no hero, but should be pardoned. The reason is that Mr. Snowden talks as if he expects to be hunted, jailed, and punished, perhaps inviting the development of what has occurred: a ground swell of support for his … Read more

President Obama Says Jersey Shore ‘Open For Business’

President Obama is rocking Jersey Shore and Twitter with the historic declaration “Jersey Shore is open for business” today. And stop for a moment and consider that Barack Obama has presided over more natural and social disasters than any American President in our history. From the Economic Crisis, to Sandy Hook, and the Oklahoma Tornado, … Read more

President Obama Boston Speech At Interfaith Church: Video, Text

President Obama At Interfaith Church In Boston[/caption]President Obama, in the role of what some have called “Healer-In-Chief,” and at a place that he’s been at all too often of late, gave one of best speeches of his presidency, at once comforting Boston, warning the terrorists, and challenging Bostonians in the wake of the Boston Marathon … Read more

Violence Against Women Act 2013 Reauthorization Full Text

President Obama signed The Violence Against Women Act 2013 Reauthorization into law just about 25 minutes ago. The law is quite extensive, and every American should take time to read it, at least once. But that said, here’s a summary of the bill, followed by a copy of the legislation itself. Summary: The The Violence … Read more

President Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act Live

JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV President Barack Obama’s in the process of signing the Violence Against Women Act into law, now. Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of zennie62blog.com and a multimedia blog news aggregator and video network, and 78-blog network, with social media and … Read more

Hugo Chavez Passes; Liked Obama, Called Bush ‘Devil,’ Rice Sexually Frustrated

Venezuelan President Huge Chavez lost his battle with his ultimate enemy, cancer, on Tuesday. President Chavez was 58 years old. While the media remembers him as someone who was at odds with the United States, I remember him as someone who was at odds not with the U.S., but with George W. Bush. Hugo Chavez … Read more

Barack Obama DNC 2008 : Stevie Wonder “Signed. Sealed. Delivered”

As we mull over the impact of the Sequester, and express displeasure with how President Obama was outnumbered by Republicans who should be voted out of office, let’s look back to the time when then-Senator Barack Obama was running for President, had just secured the nomination of his party in 2008, and 80,000 people were … Read more

Obama Agrees To Sequester; Impact On California

The Budget Control Act Of 2011’s budget cutting measures were signed into action Friday March 1st before midnight, by President Obama. It means that $85 billion of cuts will go into effect and the pain and suffering will be felt by millions. But what cuts? This letter from the Office Of Management And Budget to … Read more

President Obama Can Exempt Military Personnel From Sequestration

“Sequestration.” As of now, it’s one of the top search terms, high on the “Google Trend” list, save for Jodi Arias, Dancing With the Stars, Mediterranean diet, Wissam Al Mana, Michelle Obama Oscars, and Oscar winners. It’s a great place to be, at the Google Insight For Search 100, because just last week, Buzzfeed was … Read more

The State Of The Union Video, Transcript

The State Of The Union speech was epic. Here’s the video and transcript from Tuesday night’s incredible speech by President Obama. I don’t think it was better than the Inauguration Speech, but it was an excellent and emotional work. And here’s the transcript: President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address — as delivered THE … Read more

President Obama Introduces Immigration Reform: Transcript

President Obama introduced his plan for comprehensive immigration reform just about two hours ago, today, in Las Vegas. And from watching his speech, it’s clear Obama didn’t use a teleprompter this time around. The President reached for a set of notes tucked away in his right inside suit pocket, and then after a time, just … Read more

Obama and Clinton On 60 Minutes, Transcript

President Obama and Secretary Of State Clinton appeared together on CBS’ 60 Minutes Sunday evening. What follows is the transcript from that TV event, assembled from the divided-by-page version published by CBS. Here it is: There are few people we think we know more about than President Barack Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary … Read more

Obama Recess Appointments Wrongly Rejected By Republican Judges

On the surface, the decision of the judges in the case of Noel Canning v. NLRB to declare invalid the January 4, 2012 appointments of Democratic members Richard Griffin and Sharon Block and Republican member Terrance Flynn (who have since resigned) may appear to be “ground breaking” but given that they were made by three … Read more