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• 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
• Our 13 Favorite Photos of President Obama Being a Dad June 15, 2013
  Click here to see the photo gallery.   President Obama has a lot of important responsibilities in the White House, but he’s said that no job is more important than being a father to his two daughters. We’ve put together a quick slide show of some of our favorite moments of the President being a parent. This commitment to his family has also translated into t […]
  ccorbisiero
• Weekly Address: Celebrating Father's Day Weekend June 15, 2013
  President Obama discusses Father’s Day and notes that nothing substitutes for the love and support of the presence of a parent in a child’s life. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3
  Matt Compton