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Presidential
Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4-30-09 Charles A. Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, vice Mary L. Walker, resigned. |
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Obama
Administration Auto Restructuring Initiative On March 30, 2009, President Obama laid out a framework for Chrysler to achieve viability by partnering with the international car company Fiat. After a month of close engagement with the President’s Auto Task Force, Chrysler, Fiat and their key stakeholders have made unprecedented sacrifices and executed an agreement that positions Chrysler for a viable future. |
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President
Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 4/29/09 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Anthony Wilder Miller, Deputy Secretary of Education, Department of Education; Mignon L. Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; and Juan M. Garcia, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), Department of the Navy, Department of Defense. |
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Presidential
Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4/29/09 Kevin W. Concannon, of Maine, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Nancy Montanez-Johner, resigned. |
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Excerpts
of the President's Opening Remarks at Tonight's News Conference
- As Prepared for Delivery |
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Presidential
Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4-29-09 Eric P. Goosby, of California, to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally. |
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Spanish-Language
Media Outlets Document Obama Administration Outreach to Hispanics In his first hundred days, Barack Obama’s White House has carried out an intense outreach effort toward Hispanics, who for the first time represent nearly 10 percent of the presidential appointments who require Senate confirmation... Of the 204 officials Obama has named to date and who require Senate confirmation, 20 are Hispanic, 9.8 percent. At the end of the first year of the George W. Bush administration, of 608 positions, 34 went to Hispanics, 5.59 percent, while with Bill Clinton of 670 appointments 30 were Latino, 4.48 percent. Twenty six Hispanics work inside the White House in a variety of roles, among them four who participate in the daily senior staff meetings. |
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Vice
President Biden Hosts Conference Calls with Governors and Local
Officials to Discuss Recovery Act Implementation, 4-29-09 Earlier today, the Vice President hosted two conference calls with Governors and Mayors/County Executives from across the country to discuss Recovery Act implementation. |
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Readout
of the President's call with Prime Minister Rudd of Australia The President welcomes Prime Minister Rudd’s announcement of Australia’s decision to increase its already significant military, civilian, and financial commitment to Afghanistan. Enhanced commitments like Australia’s are critical if we are to meet our shared goal of disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al Qaeda and its extremist allies and preventing Afghanistan from again becoming a safe haven. |
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Briefing
by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 4/30/09 |
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Background
Briefing on Auto Industry, 4/30/2009 MS. PSAKI: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. As a reminder before we get started, this call is embargoed for noon eastern time. And this call, the attribution is for background purposes for this call. |
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Gaggle
by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Aboard Air Force
One en route St. Louis, MO, 4-29-09 |
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Statement
from the President Praising House Passage of H.R.627, the Credit
Cardholders' Bill of Rights |
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Joint
Statement: President Obama and Prime Minister Harper on United
States-Canada Support for Chrysler LLC |
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Statement
from Vice President Biden's Spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander |
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Statement
by the President on H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate
Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 |
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Statement
on the 61st Anniversary of Israel's Independence |
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On Tuesday the President welcomed the Teachers
of the Year to the White House, Dr. Jill Biden tells us about
the time she spent with them. |
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The
President’s Remarks on H1N1 |
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A lot of people were taking stock today
of the change that the President has so far. But throughout the
federal government change has been unfolding at the agency level
in thousands of ways you have likely never even heard about.
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Retrospective in Missouri |
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Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, drops by to talk about progress on ethics and transparency since the President was sworn in. |
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Weekly
Updates on Health Reform Over at HealthReform.gov, they have started a new series of weekly updates -- |
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Delivering on Change, an Inside Look Pete Souza and the White House Photo Office
bring us an exclusive, massive, unique look at the President’s
term so far. Take a few minutes to get a different perspective
from the images on television every day. |
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VIDEO: House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Weekly Legislative Briefing from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 10:45am (ET) |
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VIDEO: Senate Appropriations Hearing On War Supplemental from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 10am (ET) |
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VIDEO: CDC Update on Swine Influenza Outbreak from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 11:30am (ET) |
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VIDEO: Pres. Obama Remarks on Chrysler Bankruptcy from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 12:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: State Department Press Briefing from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 12:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: Pres. Obama Oval Office Meeting on Weapons Acquisition Reform from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 1:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: White House Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 1:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: State Department Briefing on Country Reports on Terrorism 2008 from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 1:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: Pres. Obama Remarks on Wounded Warriors from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 2:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: Sen. Foreign Relations Cmte. Hearing on Somali Pirates from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 2:30pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: DHS Briefing on Swine Influenza Outbreak from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 4pm (ET) |
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VIDEO: House Hearing on Swine Flu Outbreak from C-SPAN Recent Video Published: Thursday at 10am (ET) |
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VACANCY:
Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13/13 (FPL: GS-13); FinCEN opens: April 28, 2009 closes: May 28, 2009 (You must apply online via Career Connector) |
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VACANCY:
Program Specialist (Watch Analyst), GS-301-12 FEMA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:59:07 -0500 DE-09-288-BPD3 (Closing Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT) |
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VACANCY:
Supervisory Program Specialist (Quality Surveillance), GS-0301-13
FEMA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:50:05 -0500 MP-09-289-SLC2 (Closing Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT) |
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Audit
of the Housing Authority County of Los Angeles, Section 8 Program
Financial Management Review, (2009-LA-1009, dated April 24, 2009) |
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VACANCY:
09-188, Information Technology Specialist (Application Software),
CT-2210-07/09/11 CFTC Office of Information and Technology Services, Washington, DC Closes May 13, 2009 |
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VACANCY:
SECRETARY NSD-09-276(TLS) DEU USDOJ |
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Young Democrats of Louisiana Membership Benefits Program Greetings Louisiana Young Democrats, Democratically yours, Ralph Johnson |
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Florida College Democrats Autumn Conference on Friday, September 4 at 6:30pm Event: Florida College Democrats Fall Conference To see more
details and RSVP |
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Today
in the Department of Defense, 5/1/2009 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:28:00 -0500 |
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NASA
Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on May 11 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0500 NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. |
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NASA
Sets Briefings For June Shuttle Mission To The Space Station Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0500 NASA will hold a series of media briefings on Wednesday, May 27, to preview the upcoming space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. |
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Young Democrats of Arizona Summer Internship opportunities The Young Democrats of Arizona are looking for two to four Summer Interns. These unpaid positions will focus on research and event planning, communications, and chapter building. College credit is available depending on your school; this will be great career building experience. While these are unpaid internships, a stipend at the conclusion of the summer may be awarded commiserate with performance. The internships will begin late May and conclude early August. YDAz needs outgoing organizers with the ability to work independently, who believe in the values of the Young Democrats and of the Democratic Party. Do you have what it takes? Requirements: 15 hours a week in either our Phoenix or Tucson office Access to reliable transportation (Phoenix office is light rail adjacent) Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, and Excel, Google documents Upbeat attitude, willing to take initiative If you are interested please email your resume to our Executive Vice President Stan Williams evp@ydaz.org by 5:00 pm Wednesday, May 13th 2009. |
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