The President's News Conference
12/06/2010
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
It is wonderful to have Taoiseach Kenny back here in the Oval Office.
We support U.S. investment, and we have encouraged innovators and entrepreneurs as they translate their ideas into businesses.
The United States is an important economic partner for Northern Ireland.
When the first large wave of Irish immigrants set sail for the New World, many of them were already tired, hungry, and desperately poor.