Barack Obama

Glenn Fine, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense, vice Jon T. Rymer, resigned.

I hereby also delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 404(c)(2) of the CSPA to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such waiver.

Our ability to respond and recover from disasters is predicated on building resilience.

I saw it, I envisioned the possibility of it, but everything converged in a way that you couldn't duplicate.

I am pleased to nominate Judge Julie Rebecca Breslow, Deborah J. Israel, and Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean to serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

As I said, the second time, people had seen me work.

Dear friends, he told us during my visit to Israel 3 years ago, 'after everything I have seen in my life, I earned the right to believe that peace is attainable.'

The impacts of climate change... pose significant challenges for communities not prepared to adapt to these extreme conditions.

The first inauguration is like your wedding in the sense that it is a joyous moment and occasion, but you're so busy and kind of stressed making sure that Aunt Such-and-Such and Uncle So-and-So and cousins are getting tickets that it ends…

Each time we rebuild, we can do so in a way that makes our communities stronger and more resilient.

FEMA will become the authoritative source supporting state, local, tribal, and territorial stakeholders to track the status of energy systems throughout the Nation.

There is no doubt that as a mixed child, as the child of an African and a white woman, who was very close to white grandparents ... I think the working assumption of discrimination ... is less embedded in my psyche than it is, say, with…

There is no public servant better suited to improve our ability to engage the Cuban people and advance U.S. interests in Cuba than Jeff.

It is a big problem, not a worse problem.

Jeff's leadership has been vital throughout the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba.

He is exactly the type of person we want to represent the United States in Cuba.

I think the way to think about it is the first inauguration is like your wedding.

The appointment of an ambassador is a common sense step forward toward a more normal and productive relationship between our two countries.

I think that optimism sticks out.

Today, Federal agencies are announcing new actions to help build the capacity of state, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and nonprofit stakeholders to recover from future disasters.

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

If confirmed by the Senate, I know Jeff will build on the changes he helped bring about to better support the Cuban people and advance America's interests.

I never doubted my ability to get white support.

I am confident they will serve the District of Columbia with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.

I had been elected as the senator of Illinois, and Illinois is the most demographically representative state in the country.