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2017 Public Papers 1729 - Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Thursday, January 19, 2017.
...:) For 15 years, the United States has detained hundreds of people at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a facility that never should have been opened in the first place. Rather than keeping us safer, the detention facility at Guantanamo undermines American national security. Terrorists use it for propaganda, its operations drain our...
2017 Public Papers 1730 - Message to the Nation on Serving as President
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Thursday, January 19, 2017.
...sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place. It's a letter meant to share what we know, what we've learned, and what small wisdom may help our successor bear the great responsibility that comes with the highest office in our land, and the leadership of the ...
2017 Public Papers 1719 - The President's News Conference
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
...I was sorely tempted to wear a tan suit today--[laughter]--for my last press conference. But Michelle, whose fashion sense is a little better than mine, tells me that's not appropriate in January. [Laughter] I covered a lot of the ground that I would want to cover in my Farewell Address last week. So I'm just going to say a couple of quick things ...
2017 Public Papers 1716 - Remarks During White House Press Secretary Joshua R. Earnest's Final Briefing and an Exchange...
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
... [The President joined the briefing in progress.] The President. I'm not interrupting because he was saying nice things about you guys--[ laughter ]--because I largely concur. When I first met Josh Earnest, he was in Iowa. I think he was wearing jeans. He looked even younger than he was. And since my entire campaign depended on communications in ...
2017 Public Papers 1717 - Memorandum on Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of State Under the National Defense...
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
... 2017 January 17, 2017 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of State Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, ...
2017 Public Papers 1718 - Message to the Senate Transmitting the United States-Serbia Extradition Treaty
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
... States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Serbia (the "Treaty"), signed at Belgrade on August 15, 2016. I also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with ...
2017 Public Papers 1718 - Message to the Senate Transmitting the United States-Kosovo Extradition Treaty
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
... States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the "Treaty"), signed at Pristina on March 29, 2016. I also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report ...
2017 Public Papers 1710 - Remarks Honoring the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Monday, January 16, 2017.
... come. [ Laughter ] Here is something none of my predecessors ever got a chance to say: Welcome to the White House the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs! Now, I know you guys would prefer to stand the whole time, but sit down. [ Laughter ] I will say to the Cubs: It took you long enough. I mean, I've only got 4 days left. You're just making it ...
2017 Public Papers 1716 - Statement on the First Anniversary of the Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Monday, January 16, 2017.
... a Nuclear Weapon January 16, 2017 Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal that has achieved significant, concrete results in making the United States and the world a safer place. This historic understanding reached between the United States, France, the United Kingdom...
2017 Public Papers 1709 - The President's Weekly Address
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Barack H. Obama. Presidential Document. Saturday, January 14, 2017.
... Nation, following in the tradition of Presidents before me. It was an opportunity to say thank you. Whether we've seen eye to eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the American people--in living rooms and schools, at farms and on factory floors, at diners and on distant military outposts--all these conversations are what have ...