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An estimated 360,900 residential building fires were reported to U.S. fire departments each year and caused 2,495 deaths, 13,250 injuries and $7 billion in property losses. Cooking was the leading cause of these fires. Download our free report to learn more about the characteristics of residential…
The sergeant major of the Army joined veterans of every conflict since World War II for a solemn Memorial Day ceremony at the Georgetown-Williamson County, Texas, Veterans Memorial Plaza, May 27, 2013.
On Friday, May 31, President Obama will welcome NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to the White House. As the most successful alliance in history, NATO lies at the heart of the transatlantic relationship, serving as the bedrock for building shared approaches to the security challenges…
East Room 5:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Aloha! AUDIENCE: Aloha! THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House, everybody. And thank you, Joan, for the introduction. And I want to…
WASHINGTON -- Alan Krueger, Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), announced his plans to return to his position as Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He will return to Princeton in time for the upcoming school year. President…
National Security Advisor Tom Donilon travelled to Beijing May 26-28 to advance preparations for the upcoming meeting between President Obama and President Xi Jinping in California in early June. Mr. Donilon had constructive and broad-ranging meetings with senior Chinese officials, including…
REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, IN STATEMENT TO THE PRESS Diplomatic Center Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3:47 P.M. AST VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: Thank you very much. Good afternoon, everyone. Mr. President, Madam Prime Minister, distinguished leaders of Caribbean countries, I…
Today, Vice President Biden met with the Prime Ministers, Presidents, and senior ministry personnel from 15 Caribbean nations in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where they discussed our comprehensive regional partnership to improve citizen security in the Caribbean. Working together in support…
In his meeting today with 15 Presidents, Prime Ministers and other senior ministry officials from the Caribbean region, Vice President Biden discussed the United States’ commitment to deepening economic collaboration and expanding prosperity and social inclusion in the region. The leaders also…
Kitchen Garden 1:24 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Hey! What’s going on? How are you guys doing? CHILDREN: Good! MRS. OBAMA: It’s exciting! Look! Look what you did -- it grew! It’s very exciting. Well, welcome back. We’ve got a few things going on here. We’ve got a handful…
Asbury Park Convention Hall Asbury Park, New Jersey 1:26 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, New Jersey! (Applause.) It is good to be back in Jersey. AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back! (Applause.) Let me, first of all, say thank you to Governor Christie for…
Aboard Air Force One En Route New Jersey 10:56 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way to New Jersey. I think you have been provided information about today’s visit to look at recovery efforts in the wake of Sandy, look at the progress…
Headquarters: FBI Mourns the Loss of Two Special Agents Killed in Training ExerciseSpecial Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw, members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, were tragically killed Friday, May 17 during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia.…
What the Farm Aid Organization has to say about GMO food: With a new mission to squash “burdensome” regulation and play nice with U.S. businesses, the Obama Administration has been in a frenzy green-lighting genetically engineered (GE) crops. Just weeks into the new year, U.S. Secretary of…
Three new Expedition 36 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 28, (2:31 a.m. Kazakh time, Wednesday, May 29) on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station.
Korean War veterans attended a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the Nevada Outposts Battle at Yangju, South Korea, May 28, 2013.
When furloughs are implemented, most military commissaries will close one day a week on Mondays, said the director and chief executive officer of the Defense Commissary Agency. Between July 8 and Sept. 30, 2013, there will be eleven additional days commissaries are closed, days they are not normally…
If the United States is unlucky enough to have multiple, massive incidents simultaneously, Army North, as U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, has the mission and the expertise to lead and coordinate with units from both active and reserve bases across the U.S. to provide…
Army researchers are responding to a request from the U.S. Special Operations Command for technologies to help develop a revolutionary Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit.
Afghan forces took the lead in an operation that joined Afghan National Security Forces with U.S. Army advisers, to drive back insurgents harassing the inhabitants of Hesarak in western Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, May 15-18, 2013.