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The following were the final members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet on January 20, 2017. Cabinet of President Barack Obama Elected to office – all other cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the president
On July 19, 2013, President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46]
A follow-up to the New Beginning speech was delivered by Barack Obama on 9 November 2010 at the University of Indonesia in Indonesia. [59] [60] The US president told the students at the university: "We can choose to be defined by our differences, and give in to a future of suspicion and mistrust. Or we can choose to do the hard work of forging ...
In 2007, Rhodes began working as a speechwriter for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign. [13] Rhodes wrote Obama's 2009 Cairo speech "A New Beginning." [14] Rhodes was the adviser who counseled Obama to withdraw support from Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, [5] becoming a key adviser during the 2011 Arab Spring.
As since 2011, members of Congress sat together, regardless of party. Guests of First Lady Michelle Obama at the Address included the former prisoner of Cuba Alan Gross, astronaut Scott Kelly, DREAM Act immigration reform activist Ana Zamora, Ebola international emergency care coordinator Dr. Pranav Shetty, the CEO of CVS Health (which had recently become the first major retail pharmacy to ...
This speech is more than just a campaign moment—it’s a call to action. Watch Michelle Obama lay out the stakes of 2024 and deliver a heartfelt endorsement of Kamala Harris in the full speech ...
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address was, in the words of CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand, "a companion to the ideological offensive in his inauguration speech." The New York Times added: "Obama did not match the lofty tone of his inauguration speech, but the address was clearly intended to be its workmanlike companion.
By PETER MARTINEZ Major U.S. TV networks ABC, CBS and NBC have chosen to not broadcast President Barack Obama's speech on immigration Thursday night where he'll outline proposed plans to change ...