Sentences with phrase «obama said in a public»

President Barack Obama said in a public statement that the U.S. «will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act — and make no mistake, justice will be done.»

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The change also follows a public stance taken by the White House, with President Obama saying in November he favors maintaining net neutrality by using the heavy regulatory approach of Title II.

In a statement, President Obama said of the astronaut and public servant, «John always had the right stuff, inspiring generations of scientists, engineers and astronauts who will take us to Mars and beyond — not just to visit, but to stay... The last of America's first astronauts has left us, but propelled by their example we know that our future here on Earth compels us to keep reaching for the heavens.

«More capital at the early stage is going to drive the breakthroughs that will drive costs down,» said Brian Deese, Obama's senior adviser on climate change who announced the private - public sector initiative to reporters in Washington.

Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan and several other institutions, soon shot back saying the stock market performed better under Obama than under Trump at the same point in their presidency.

Daniel Feldman, a special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under Obama, said the Obama administration found it more effective to pressure Islamabad over safe havens «in private than in public, and to keep the long - standing Indo - Pak rivalry from playing out in Afghanistan».

The panel will hold its first public meeting on Thursday at the Commerce Department, joined by Obama's counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, the White House said in a blog post.

More broadly, economists are nearly universal in saying Obama's $ 800 billion - plus stimulus passed in early 2009 helped create both public - sector and private - sector jobs, even if they fell short of what sponsors had hoped.

In spite of highly public commitments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama to speed the flow of goods across the border, many companies are facing a very different reality on the ground, he said.

Nearly one in five Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, up from around one in 10 Americans who said he was Muslim last year, according to the survey, conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

I say this, and I do so in capital letters with exclamation points, because of a survey released Thursday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life regarding voter perceptions of the religious beliefs of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

By nature, the present President of America has that element in him — I should not be saying this but I am being inherently made to convey this as comment of exception for America and for Obama whose whole (Obama and his better half) stand as an extension through the ex Presidential candidate's Charisma Of the Secretary Hillary Clinton that President Obama's Charisma has selflessly absorbed for function in the cabinet gracefully for America and the world.That shows the humbleness of President Obama and maturity of Hillary Clinton of acceptance without a feeling of high and low of ego regarded as exceptional in Divinity.I was not supposed to make this comment and I have done so to urge the Republicans to accept their Light within of consensus through individual projections under control as Obama's gesture of bipartisanship that will come to address.In short, this comment is all about health and health care where economics alone does not come into the picture with a rigorous analysis on it but should also extend as leverage to the person in play (Obama) who is also selflessly poised with corrections on it over the infra structure of it that he has proposed for approval as ego of his working element as the executive public ally chosen as the President that had appealed to the public at large voting even putting behind able dleaers like McCain?George W Bush was the last to steer America into the Light over the past of America and that stands as the subtle truth even today as on date with Bill Clinton the ex President of America giving support through his excellent independent caliber for Obama ultimately to head the show of America that was time bound of its reality that sees no barriers and to which he accepted well in his individual capacity as the free lance ex President of America.

Seeking to calm the American public in the wake of last week's deadly ISIS - inspired California terror attack, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office last night, saying: «We will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless, and by drawing on every aspect of American power.»

Still, same - sex marriage and LGBT issues in general have not received much oxygen this election cycle, despite President Obama say this summer he now favored marriage rights for gay couples and a record number of gay and lesbian candidates running for public office.

First Lady Michelle Obama called Clinton an «impressive» and a «phenomenal woman» in response to a 14 - year - old's question at a White House event, saying the former secretary of state like «many» of the other candidates, has devoted her life to public service.

«Democrats divide about whether they want a nominee who will continue the policies of President Obama or move in a different direction although strong Democrats still want a nominee who will follow in Obama's footsteps,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Trump will issue «further guidance» on an Obama administrative policy aimed at protecting transgender students in public schools, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.

Moore explained, «You can imagine a State of the State address, like we recently saw with Governor Christie, you can imagine there being some pretty pointed public questions around that and with Congress, you can imagine for the State of the Union, in all 435 Congressional districts, we have a page for the representative, and we're seeking to encourage people to say, what issue would you have President Obama address in the State of the Union.»

In his first public address since the bombing, President Obama said there is no evidence as yet of a connection between the attacks in New York and New Jersey and a stabbing spree the Islamic State has taken credit for in St. Cloud, MinnesoIn his first public address since the bombing, President Obama said there is no evidence as yet of a connection between the attacks in New York and New Jersey and a stabbing spree the Islamic State has taken credit for in St. Cloud, Minnesoin New York and New Jersey and a stabbing spree the Islamic State has taken credit for in St. Cloud, Minnesoin St. Cloud, Minnesota

Saying she was speaking «in solidarity with our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters», Public Advocate James urged President Obama to «act now.»

There have been many cases reported from Missouri in which people have not made any donation to Obama and were charged fraudelently, one person being charged 176,000.00 The others were charged around 2300.00 Pretty sad, and with reports of as mucha s 63 million dollars coming from foreign sources of the 150 million dollars they just took in September, can anyone say «bogus fund raising» and this is the exact reason why Obama did nt take public financing, he knew he was going to get outside help and just goes to show how shady he is and has been his whole political career!

WASHINGTON (CNN)- As President Obama seemed to signal that a public insurance plan would not be a make - or - break issue for his health care proposal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday there is still «strong support» among her colleagues for it to be included in the final bill.

HOT VIDEO: TREVOR POTTER - In Part 1 of POLITICO's Money & Politics series, Trevor Potter, a lead lawyer for Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign, says McCain felt like he was «mugged» by Obama in 2008 when the Democrat broke a promise to use public financinIn Part 1 of POLITICO's Money & Politics series, Trevor Potter, a lead lawyer for Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign, says McCain felt like he was «mugged» by Obama in 2008 when the Democrat broke a promise to use public financinin 2008 when the Democrat broke a promise to use public financing.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his lone major public appearance at the Democratic National Convention this morning in a heavily partisan speech before his state's delegation breakfast, in which he slammed Republicans, boosted President Barack Obama and said Bill Clinton, his mentor, had stolen the show the night before.

«Mrs. Obama has never made any public statements about same - sex marriage,» her communications director, Kristina Schake, said in an email to POLITICO.

President Obama said he was committed to a U.S. - German «cyberdialogue» in a White House press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as he continued to try to regain the trust of German public opinion that has been pre-occupied with the NSA surveillance revelations and the fate of Edward Snowden.

One prominent Democrat party official disagreed saying Blake had a good shot because of his national network and work in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the Obama White House.

If Obama's plan is enacted, the CDC's congressionally controlled funding will have fallen by roughly 20 % since 2010 — a decline that «looks like a disaster waiting to happen», says Scott Becker, executive director of the Association of Public Health Laboratories in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Peter Aengst, who works in Montana with the Wilderness Society, says the methane rule is one of the ways in which the Obama administration tried to modernize energy policy on public lands.

«As we continue to ensure the resilience of our health care system, we are working to prepare our health care facilities to handle the effects of a changing planet,» Obama said in a statement Monday, officially naming this week National Public Health Week.

The effort at depoliticizing the thorny topic of climate began Saturday in a campaign - style video in which Obama pointed to different areas of the public that he said can help address the effects of warming.

When the cast performed at the White House in spring 2016, Obama praised the educational component of the program, saying, «I'm thrilled they are working with New York public schools.

Paterson said he thinks New York could have won $ 500 million to $ 700 million in the Obama administration's «Race to the Top» program to improve public schools if the Legislature made two changes he urged: lifting the cap on the number of charter schools in the state from the current 200 and ending a measure that prohibits student...

Or as Buttenwieser says, summing up what he thinks the degree is for: «It's training the next Arne Duncan,» referring to the U.S. secretary of education, who Buttenwieser says created many successful reforms in Chicago, where he served as CEO of the public school system before joining the Obama administration.

Is it simply, as President Obama says repeatedly, about «investing in public goods» like pre-school?

In a statement released after Obama's «cradle - to - career» education speech last week, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel welcomed Obama's «vision» for strengthening public education and said, «He's off to a solid start.

Obama said the federal government should fully fund the federal No Child Left Behind law, investing more money in early childhood education, teacher training, and charter schools, which get public money but operate free from many state rules.

DALLAS — Texas» lieutenant governor said Friday that the state is prepared to forfeit billions of federal dollars in public school funding in defiance of an Obama administration directive requiring schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

Teachers have been calling attention to the problem of overtesting in public schools for years, and this weekend the Obama administration finally responded by releasing a plan to reduce testing, saying no more than two percent of classroom instruction time should be spent on tests.

When the Obama administration rejected California's first application for a waiver in 2012, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, «It is disappointing that our state's request — which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California — has been rejected.»

Panelist Bren Elliott, chief of equity at public schools in the District of Columbia, said the guidance from the Obama Administration was «extremely helpful» in identifying strategies to build safer, inclusive schools.

After hearing a brief description of the Common Core, criticized by some conservatives as a federal takeover of local public schools because the Obama administration is pushing for the change, 69 percent of California residents interviewed said they supported the standards, Baldassare said in a news release.

«There are two factors we can point to that have helped to spur additional and significant activity in states: One is President Obama and Education Secretary Duncan's support for charters at the national level,» said Todd Ziebarth, vice president for state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

The Obama administration has said that Louisiana's school voucher program, which allows children to transfer out of failing public schools into private schools on the public's dime, has hurt desegregation efforts in Louisiana.

From a conservative perspective, Obama's very public pronouncements in favor of the standards probably hasn't helped, says Michael Petrilli, executive director of the Thomas B. Fordham institute and assistant education secretary during the George W. Bush administration, even though a healthy coalition of conservatives, including individuals like Petrilli, supports Common Core.

Obama said the states and districts that apply for money will be evaluated by clear criteria, with rewards going to those that adopt strong standards and common tests; that get high - quality teachers in the classroom; and that allow expansions of charter schools, which are public schools that operate with more independence.

«The Obama Administration is proud to partner with public transportation services that provide a lifeline for many people in America's rural communities,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

«When Hurricane Sandy devastated public transportation systems in New York and New Jersey, President Obama pledged to act swiftly to help restore service for millions of riders and help the region's transit agencies recover economically,» said Secretary LaHood.

«President Obama's support for an America built to last is putting people back to work across the country, including here in Maryland, modernizing our nation's roads, rails, bridges, and public transit systems,» said Secretary LaHood.

«President Obama's support for an America built to last is putting people back to work across the country, including here in Massachusetts, modernizing our nation's roads, rails, bridges, and public transit systems,» said Secretary LaHood.