Barack Obama

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345,et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:

I believe these treaties to be fully in the interest of the United States.

We are advancing science-based decision-making and engagement with Alaska Native peoples in addressing the changing Arctic.

I commend the Agreement on Social Security between the United States of America and the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of the United States of America and the Federative…

The United States - China relationship is the most consequential relationship in the world.

I am transmitting a revised alternative plan for locality pay increases for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2017.

We have strengthened our partnership in education through the Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation, and Research.

I have concluded it would be appropriate to revise my original alternative plan for locality payments.

Improved relations between our two countries has a direct impact on the lives of the Mexican and American people.

We are working together to promote women's entrepreneurship and women's full integration into the regional economy.

I determine that the transaction... is essential to the national security interests of the United States.

Keeping our Nation on a sustainable fiscal course requires tough choices.

Yes, we have a bunch of very lousy options.

The strongest foundation for human progress lies in open economies, open societies, and in open governments.

When I look back on the great teachers who shaped my life, what I remember isn't the way they prepared me to take a standardized test.

A humanitarian disaster is taking place before our very eyes.

By signing the Equal Pay Pledge, these employers are: Acknowledging the critical role businesses must play in reducing the national pay gap.

Advancing pay equity is not simply good business practice, but the right thing to do.

New Zealand will remain one of the United States' closest partners.

This historic visit will stand as a tribute to the power of reconciliation and to the truth that the United States and Japan—bound by an alliance unimaginable 75 years ago—will continue to work hand in hand for a more peaceful and secure…

We urge all parties in Syria to adhere to international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions.

We are now one step closer to ending cancer as we know it.

The typical woman working full-time all year in the United States only earns 80 percent of what a typical man working full-time all year earns.

Their courage and resolve remind us of that fundamental American truth: that out of many, we are one; and that when we stand together, no undertaking is too great.

Over 2,400 American patriots lost their lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor: military and civilian; men, women, and children.