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• State and Local Officials in the South Speak Up to Fix the Broken Immigration System June 19, 2013
  Ed. note: This post is the first in a series of five. Check back on the White House Blog throughout the week for more statements from leaders around the country. Across the country, Democratic and Republican state and local officials are speaking out about the need for commonsense immigration reform. This week, we’ll share thoughts from governors, mayors, co […]
  David Agnew
• Vice President Biden: The Fight to Reduce Gun Violence Is Far From Over June 19, 2013
  A little more than six months after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, Vice President Biden said yesterday that he and President Obama have not given up the fight to reduce gun violence. In January, the Vice President said, “the President and I stood in this very room, joined by the victims of gun violence, parents, teachers, members of law enforcement, […]
  Megan Slack
• CBO Report: Immigration Reform Will Shrink the Deficit and Grow the Economy June 19, 2013
  Today, the independent Congressional Budget Office released its score of the Senate’s bipartisan immigration bill, providing even more evidence that commonsense immigration reform is good for the budget and good for economic growth. CBO estimates that fixing our broken immigration system will reduce federal deficits by about $200 billion over the next 10 yea […]
  Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Alan Krueger, Gene Sperling
• The G-8 Summit in Lough Erne June 18, 2013
  Today, President Obama is in Northern Ireland for the G-8 Summit in Lough Erne. This year's G-8 is President Obama's fifth since taking office, and the second stop of his three-day trip to Northern Ireland and Germany. President Barack Obama participates in a G8 Summit meeting on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in the Library at Loug […]
  Megan Slack
• President Obama Discusses the National Security Agency on Charlie Rose June 18, 2013
  President Obama discussed a range of issues in his interview last night on PBS, but the National Security Agency was the topic for an extended part of the conversation. "My job is both to protect the American people and to protect the American way of life, which includes our privacy," he said. "So every program that we engage in, what I'v […]
  Matt Compton
• Partnership for Sustainable Communities Marks 4th Anniversary with Web-Streaming Twitter Town Hall June 18, 2013
  Ed Note: This is a cross post from the blog of fastlane.dot.gov. You can find the original post here. June 16, 2013 marks the four-year anniversary of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a collaboration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP […]
  Bob Perciasepe, Maurice Jones, and John Porcari
• A New Astronaut Class Begins Its Journey June 17, 2013
  Ed Note: This is a cross post from the blog of nasa.gov. You can find the original post here. NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help push the boundaries of exploration. Check them out! http://t.co/2qZt0P6OCl — NASA (@NASA) June 17, 2013 Today, NASA got to do one of those great things that exemplifies what we're all about, something t […]
  Lori Garver
• President Obama Speaks to the People of Northern Ireland June 17, 2013
  Watch this video on YouTube This morning, President Obama spoke to the people of Northern Ireland from the Belfast waterfront. So many of the qualities that we Americans hold dear we imported from this land -- perseverance, faith, an unbending belief that we make our own destiny, and an unshakable dream that if we work hard and we live responsibly, something […]
  Megan Slack
• Watch President Obama Discuss the NSA and Syria Tonight on Charlie Rose June 17, 2013
  President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Charlie Rose in the White House Library, Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Before leaving for this week's G-8 summit in the United Kingdom, President Obama sat down with Charlie Rose in the White House Library for a 45-minute interview on topics ranging from Syria t […]
  Matt Compton
• 50 Years of National Small Business Week June 17, 2013
  Ed Note: This is a cross post from the blog of sba.gov. You can find the original post here. This year marks the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week.  Although things have certainly changed since President Kennedy signed the first Presidential Proclamation in 1963, one thing that hasn’t changed is America’s entrepreneurial spirit and the importa […]
  Karen Mills