News From The White House

• President Obama Speaks to the People of Northern Ireland June 17, 2013
  Watch this video on YouTube This morning, President Obama spoke to the people of Northern Ireland from the Belfast waterfront. So many of the qualities that we Americans hold dear we imported from this land -- perseverance, faith, an unbending belief that we make our own destiny, and an unshakable dream that if we work hard and we live responsibly, something […]
  Megan Slack
• Watch President Obama Discuss the NSA and Syria Tonight on Charlie Rose June 17, 2013
  President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Charlie Rose in the White House Library, Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Before leaving for this week's G-8 summit in the United Kingdom, President Obama sat down with Charlie Rose in the White House Library for a 45-minute interview on topics ranging from Syria t […]
  <a href="/author-detail/3336903">Matt Compton</a>
• 50 Years of National Small Business Week June 17, 2013
  Ed Note: This is a cross post from the blog of sba.gov. You can find the original post here. This year marks the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week.  Although things have certainly changed since President Kennedy signed the first Presidential Proclamation in 1963, one thing that hasn’t changed is America’s entrepreneurial spirit and the importa […]
  Karen Mills
• Our 13 Favorite Photos of President Obama Being a Dad June 15, 2013
  Click here to see the photo gallery.   President Obama has a lot of important responsibilities in the White House, but he’s said that no job is more important than being a father to his two daughters. We’ve put together a quick slide show of some of our favorite moments of the President being a parent. This commitment to his family has also translated into t […]
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• Weekly Address: Celebrating Father's Day Weekend June 15, 2013
  President Obama discusses Father’s Day and notes that nothing substitutes for the love and support of the presence of a parent in a child’s life. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 […]
  <a href="/author-detail/3336903">Matt Compton</a>