Recently added articles from Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:
Executive Order 13487--establishment of a temporary organization to facilitate United States government support for Afghanistan.(Week Ending Tuesday, January 20, 2009)(Afghanistan Support Office)(Executive order)
Jan 26, 2009; ... January 16, 2009 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section .3161 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: ...
The President's radio address.(Week Ending Tuesday, January 20, 2009)(Broadcast transcript)
Jan 26, 2009 ... January 17, 2009 Good morning. For the last S years, I have had the honor of speaking to the American people Saturday mornings through this radio address. In hundreds of broadcasts, I have talked to you about important issues affecting our security and our prosperity. And today ...
Statement on the selection of Alan Lowe as director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.(Week Ending Tuesday, January 20, 2009)(Brief article)
Jan 26, 2009 ... January 19, 2009 We are very pleased that Alan Lowe has been selected by the National Archives and Records Administration as the director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Alan is a talented and experienced ...
Digest of other White House announcements.(Calendar)
Jan 26, 2009 ... The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue. January 17 In the morning, at Camp David, MD, the President had an intelligence ...
Executive Order 13484--amending the order of succession within the Department of Agriculture.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 9, 2009 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001, as ...
Executive Order 13485--providing an order of succession within the Department of Transportation.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 9, 2009 By the authority vested in me as President under the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that: Section 1. Order of Succession ....
Executive Order 13486--strengthening laboratory biosecurity in the United States.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Executive order)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 9, 2009 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that facilities that possess biological select ...
The President's radio address.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Broadcast transcript)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 10, 2009 Good morning. This week, I gave my official farewell speech to the men and women of America's Armed Forces in a ceremony at Fort Myer, Virginia. For the past 8 years, I have had no higher honor than serving as the Commander in Chief of these brave patriots. And ...
Remarks at the commissioning ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush in Norfolk, Virginia.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 10, 2009 The President. Thank you very much. Secretary Gates, thank you for your introduction. I know I speak on behalf of President 41 when I say it has been a privilege for both of us to serve with this fine and distinguished man. I want to thank you all ...
Interview with Brit Hume of FOX News.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Interview)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 7, 2009 Mr. Hume. Mr. President, thank you for doing this. President Bush. Yes, sir. Mr. Hume. Welcome back to FOX News Sunday. President Bush. Thank you, sir. Last Days in Office Mr. Hume. Less than 2 weeks to go, how do you ...
Statement on the death of Cardinal Pio Laghi.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Brief article)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 11, 2009 Laura and I send our deepest condolences to Pope Benedict XVI and all Catholics on the passing of Cardinal Pio Laghi. Cardinal Laghi was a friend who, in his more than 60 years of service to the Catholic Church, worked tirelessly for peace and justice in our ...
Memorandum on Provision of Atomic Information to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Brief article)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 9, 2009 Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense Subject: Provision of Atomic Information to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia In your memorandum to me of August 1, 2008, you recommended that I approve pursuant to ...
Directive on Arctic Region Policy.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 9, 2009 National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-66 Homeland Security Presidential Directive/ HSPD-25 Memorandum for the Vice President; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of the Treasury; the Secretary of Defense; the Attorney General; the ...
Message to the Congress transmitting provision of Atomic information to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 9, 2009 To the Congress of the United States: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, consistent with sections 123 and 144 b. of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153 and 2164(b)), the text of the Agreement between the Parties to the North ...
The President's news conference.(Barack Obama press conference)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 12, 2009 The President. Thank you. Tapper [Jake Tapper, ABC News]. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike [Mike Emanuel, FOX News], Herman [Ken Herman, Cox News], Ann Compton [ABC News]. Just seemed like yesterday that I was on ...
Message to the Congress transmitting a report on Treasury Department plans concerning emergency economic stabilization.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Brief article)
Jan 19, 2009; ... January 12, 2009 To the Congress of the United States: Consistent with section 115(a)(3) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343) (the ...
Remarks following a Cabinet meeting.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Speech)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 13, 2009 I want to thank an extraordinary group of American citizens who have served our country as members of my Cabinet. Everybody around this table here could have taken the easy road and stayed home and worried about their own comforts, but instead they answered the ...
Remarks following a meeting with President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa of Mexico.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 13, 2009 President Bush. Bienvenido a mi amigo. Mr. President, welcome. President Calderon. Thank you. President Bush. It has been a true pleasure to work with President Calderon. He's a man of conviction, he is a man of principle, and he is a man ...
Remarks on presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 13, 2009 The President. Good afternoon to everybody, and thank you all for coming. We have assembled quite a distinguished crowd to honor three good friends: President Uribe, Prime Minister Howard, and Prime Minister Blair. Laura and I welcome you to the White House. ...
Statement on the situation in Cuba.(Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009)(Speech)
Jan 19, 2009 ... January 13, 2009 As much of the world celebrates the dawning of a new year, Cuba marks 50 years of one of the cruelest dictatorships this hemisphere has witnessed. To those who yearn for liberty, all is not lost. The world has witnessed other instances of ...