Barack Obama 2014-07-01 2 Document Categories List Addresses and Remarks See also Addresses to the Nation; Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings and Vetoes; Interviews With the News Media; Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials; Resignations and Retirements 1776 startup hub--914 American Legion, national convention in Charlotte, NC--1112 American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, dedication ceremony--1283 AmeriCorps, 20th anniversary--1169 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in Beijing, China--1423 Economic leaders' meeting, first plenary session in Beijing, China--1429 Austin, TX--944 Brown, Anthony G., gubernatorial candidate, campaign rally in Upper Marlboro, MD Overflow crowd--1334 Rally--1334 Burke, Mary P., gubernatorial candidate, campaign rally in Milwaukee, WI Overflow crowd--1356 Rally--1356 Business Roundtable, remarks and question-and-answer session--1543 Cabinet meeting--909, 1409 Casa Azafrán, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session in Nashville, TN--1583 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, West African Ebola outbreak--1179 Chicago, IL--1528 Christmas "Christmas in Washington"--1614 National Christmas Tree, lighting ceremony--1568 Climate Preparedness and Resilience, State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on, meeting--959 Clinton Global Initiative, annual meeting in New York City--1205 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Phoenix Awards dinner--1240 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, annual awards gala--1266 Congressional leaders, meeting with President--1410 Congressional picnic--1188 ConnectED to the Future Conference, White House--1500 Cross Campus, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session in San-ta Monica, CA--1299 Addresses and Remarks--Continued Dallas, TX--934 Deaths Foley, James W., in Syria, remarks in Edgartown, MA--1110 Somers, Luke--1575 Del Sol High School in Las Vegas, NV--1512 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraisers Dallas, TX, dinner--938 Los Altos Hills, CA, luncheon--1001 Newport, RI--1130 Democratic National Committee fundraisers Austin, TX--941 Chicago, IL--1344 Los Angeles, CA--1004, 1310 New York City--1290 Purchase, NY--1125 San Francisco, CA--1317 Seattle, WA--996 Washington, DC--1288 Democratic National Committee Women's Leadership Forum--1195 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraisers Baltimore, MD--1172 Denver, CO, lunch--930 Greenwich, CT--1294 New York City--1210 Tisbury, MA--1096 Denver, CO--924 Department of Defense leadership, meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA--1297 Ebola epidemic in West Africa Meeting on U.S. response--1286 Preparedness and containment efforts, meeting with Cabinet and senior advisers--1324 Preparedness and containment efforts, meetings with senior advisers--1327, 1347, 1498, 1611 United Nations meeting in New York City--1229 U.S. preparedness and containment efforts, teleconference call with State and local officials--1296 U.S. response--1353, 1361 Edgartown, MA--1099 Fair pay and safe workplaces, signing the Executive order--1043 Ferguson, MO, situation--1103, 1526 Foreign defense chiefs, meeting with President Obama--1321 Addresses and Remarks--Continued Foreign Terrorist Fighters, U.N. Security Council Summit on, in New York City--1223 Georgetown Waterfront Park--910 Global Health Security Agenda Summit--1234 Hanukkah receptions--1626, 1628 Housing and Urban Development, Department of--1047 Iftar dinner--953 Improving the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions, signing an Ex-ecutive order--1330 Independence Day celebration--917 Iraq Situation--1090, 1095, 1103 U.S. military operations, commencement--1087 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, honors reception--1576 Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey--1615 Kansas City, MO--1037 Kids' State Dinner--972 Laborfest in Milwaukee, WI--1134 Law enforcement and local communities, relations, meeting on strengthen-ing efforts--1536 Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employment discrimination, sign-ing the Executive order--976 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College in Los Angeles, CA--1010 MacDill Air Force Base, FL--1182 Major League Soccer Champion Sporting Kansas City--1255 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, crash in Ukraine Remarks--968 Victims, signing condolence book at the Netherlands Embassy--996 Malloy, Gov. Dannel P., campaign rally in Bridgeport, CT--1380 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session--1021 Medal of Honor 1st Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, posthumous presentation--1405 CSM Bennie G. Adkins, presentation--1176 S4 Donald P. Sloat, posthumous presentation--1176 S. Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts, presentation--989 Michaud, Michael H., gubernatorial candidate, campaign rally in Portland, ME--1365 Millennium Steel Service, LLC, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session in Princeton, IN--1269 "My Brother's Keeper" Initiative town hall meeting and question-and-answer session at Walker-Jones Education Campus--979 Addresses and Remarks--Continued National economy and Iraq and Ukraine situations--1118 National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD--1539 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal, presentation--1032 National Medal of Science, presentation--1505 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, presentation--1505 Naturalization ceremony for Active Duty servicemembers and military spouses--916 Nay Pyi Taw, Burma, political reform, roundtable discussion--1451 Newly elected Governors, meeting with President--1574 Northwestern University in Evanston, IL--1256 Open Government Partnership, meeting in New York City--1225 PBS, "A Salute to the Troops: In Performance at the White House"--1408 Pentagon Memorial, wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington, VA--1167 Peters, Gary C., senatorial candidate, campaign rally in Detroit, MI--1375 Port of Wilmington in Wilmington, DE, infrastructure development, signing the memorandum--962 Presidential Medal of Freedom, presentation--1522 Presidents' Declaration To Fulfill the Promise of America, signing remarks--1200 President's Export Council, meeting--1602 Quinn, Gov. Patrick J., III, campaign rally in Chicago, IL--1339 Rangoon, Burma Civil society, roundtable discussion--1461 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session at University of Yangon--1462 Rhode Island College in Providence, RI--1369 San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, establishment, signing the proclamation in San Dimas, CA--1315 Schauer, Mark H., gubernatorial candidate, campaign rally in Detroit, MI--1375 Senior Executive Service, remarks to members--1579 Sexual assault on college campuses, "It's On Us" campaign to prevent--1192 Special Olympics, 46th anniversary, dinner--1049 Syria Opposition forces, legislation to train and equip, Congressional passage--1191 Situation--1202 Tallinn, Estonia Nordea Concert Hall--1150 U.S. and Estonian troops at Tallinn Airport hangar--1156 Addresses and Remarks--Continued Teachers, lunch with President--919 Thanksgiving turkey presentation ceremony--1534 Toys for Tots distribution center at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling--1600 Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, VA--955 Ukraine and Gaza situations--977 Ukraine situation--1033 United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York City--1202 General Assembly in New York City--1214 University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia--1475 U.S. foreign policy--960 U.S.-Africa Business Forum, question-and-answer session--1064 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Dinner--1073 Opening session--1074 Weekly addresses--915, 952, 975, 1019, 1060, 1090, 1102, 1111, 1132, 1174, 1199, 1239, 1282, 1320, 1332, 1351, 1374, 1413, 1475, 1518, 1536, 1575, 1613, 1643, 1645 White House College Opportunity Summit--1563 White House Summit on Early Education--1597 White House Tribal Nations Conference--1558 Wolf, Thomas W., gubernatorial candidate, campaign rally in Philadelphia, PA--1385 Addresses to the Nation Cuba, U.S. policy--1622 Immigration reform--1509 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist organization, U.S. strate-gy to combat--1164 Appointments and Nominations See also Digest, Nominations Submitted, and Checklist at the end of this volume Attorney General, nomination, remarks--1414 Deputy National Security Adviser, appointment, statement--1630 Deputy Secretary of State, nomination, statement--1412 Secretary of Defense, nomination, remarks--1569 Bill Signings and Vetoes Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015--1640 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, signing remarks--1504 Ukraine Freedom Support Act, signing statement--1629 Bill Signings and Vetoes--Continued U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014, signing statement--1641 Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, signing remarks--1083 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, signing remarks--992 Communications to Congress Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, designation of emergency funding, letter--1063, 1622 Budget amendments for fiscal year 2015, letter transmitting--1428 Central African Republic, U.S. Armed Forces personnel, letter on deploy-ment--1169 Chile-U.S. extradition treaty, message transmitting--1187 Colombia, significant narcotics traffickers, U.S. national emergency, mes-sage on continuation--1326 Combat-equipped U.S. Armed Forces, letter on global deployment--1607 Commodity Credit Corporation, fiscal year 2015 budget program, letter transmitting revision--1323 Comprehensive Ebola containment, preparedness, and prevention strate-gy, letter transmitting emergency appropriations request for Fiscal Year 2015--1404 Congo, Democratic Republic of the, U.S. national emergency Letter on continuation--1347 Message on additional steps--921 Digital computer exports, letter transmitting a report--913 Export control regulations, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--1087 Federal employees, letter transmitting alternative pay plan--1129 Global counterterrorism and overseas contingency operations, letter designating funds--1199, 1622 Iran, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--1450 Iraq U.S. Armed Forces personnel, letters on deployment--1163, 1213 U.S. military operations, letters on commencement--1089, 1103, 1139, 1164 Lebanon, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--1036 Liberia, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--958 Río Grande Valley areas of U.S. Southwest border, increase in child and adult migration from Central America, letter transmitting emergency appropriations request--923 Communications to Congress--Continued Sudan, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--1351 Syria, U.S. military operations Letter on authorization--1213 Letter reporting commencement--1214 Terrorism, persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support, U.S. na-tional emergency, message on continuation--1187 Terrorist attacks, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--1157 Transnational criminal organizations, U.S national emergency continuation, letter--974 Ukraine, Crimea region, blocking property and prohibiting transactions, letter--1642 Uniformed servicemembers, letter transmitting alternative pay plan--1129 United Kingdom, nuclear cooperation with U.S., message transmitting amendment to agreement--1015 U.S. Armed Forces Personnel, letter on relocation from Libya to U.S. bases in Europe--1020 Reserve members, letter ordering activation--1326 Weapons of mass destruction, U.S. national emergency, letter on continua-tion--1412 Wildfire suppression activities, letter transmitting emergency appropria-tions request--923 Communications to Federal Agencies Infrastructure development and financing, public-private collaboration ex-pansion efforts, memorandum--965 Liberia, refugees in the U.S., deferred enforced departure, memorandum--1238 Northern Ireland, nuclear energy cooperation with U.S., memorandum--974 Sub-Saharan Africa, trade and investment promotion efforts, memoran-dum--1061 United States Outer Continental Shelf, withdrawal of certain areas from leasing disposition, memorandum--1621 Interviews With the News Media Exchanges with reporters Beijing, China--1418 Dallas, TX--934 White House--968, 1015, 1033, 1090, 1103, 1118, 1200, 1286, 1327, 1347, 1353, 1410, 1414, 1526, 1602, 1611 Interviews ABC News, "This Week" program--1683 ABC News, "World News" program--1688 American Public Media, "Marketplace Morning Report" program--1647 Interviews With the News Media--Continued Interviews--Continued BET News--1686 CBS, "60 Minutes" program--1668 CBS, "Face the Nation" program--1680 Comedy Central, "The Colbert Report" program--1686 ESPN Radio, "The Herd" program--1687 Fusion Media Network, "AMERICA With Jorge Ramos" program--1686 KIIS in Los Angeles, CA--1687 MSNBC, "The Rundown With José Díaz-Balart" program--1686 NBC, "Meet the Press" program--1663 New Yorker magazine--1671 Newspaper and magazine journalists and columnists--1664 PBS--1647 WBAV in Charlotte, NC--1678 WCHB in Detroit, MI--1678 WDAS in Philadelphia, PA--1678 WERQ in Baltimore, MD--1678 WFMI in Elizabeth City, NC--1678 WGCI in Chicago, IL--1678 WHQT in Miami, FL--1678 WHUR in Washington, DC--1678 WJMH in Greensboro, NC--1678 WJMR in Milwaukee, WI--1678 WKKV in Milwaukee, WI--1678 WMXD in Detroit, MI--1678 WNPR in Hartford, CT--1678 WOLB in Baltimore, MD--1678 WPEG in Charlotte, NC--1678 WQOK in Raleigh, NC--1687 Joint news conferences Burma, Member of Parliament and National League for Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi--1453 China, President Xi--1440 Estonia, President Ilves--1140 News conferences August 1--1050 August 6--1075 September 5--1158 November 5--1389 November 16--1484 December 19--1630 Joint Statements Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Declaration--1430 Burma, President Thein Sein--1474 Climate change, U.S.-China joint announcement--1448 Denmark, Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt--1474 El Salvador, President Sánchez Cerén--1018 Joint Statements--Continued Group of Seven leaders, Ukraine situation--1043 Group of Twenty leaders Brisbane Statement on Ebola--1483 Communiqué--1493 Guatemala, President Pérez Molina--1018 Honduras, President Hernández--1018 India, Prime Minister Modi Bilateral relations--1247 U.S.-India strategic partnership vision statement--1244 International Labour Organization (ILO)--1474 Japan, Prime Minister Abe--1474, 1492 Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership--1492 Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders--1418 Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials See also Interviews With the News Media; Joint Statements Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah--1686 President Ghani--1686 Presidential candidate Abdullah--1647, 1654, 1663, 1667 Presidential candidate Ghani--1648, 1654, 1663, 1667 Arab State representatives from nations participating in military operations against the Islamic State of Irag and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist organization--1210 Australia, Prime Minister Abbott--1418, 1652, 1653, 1663, 1675, 1682, 1688 Brazil, President Rousseff--1676 Burma, Member of Parliament and National League for Democracy Party Leader Aung San Suu Kyi--1677 Burma, President Thein Sein--1452, 1677 Canada, Prime Minister Harper--1658, 1662, 1673, 1675 China National People's Congress, Standing Committee Chair Zhang--1681 Premier Li--1681 President Xi--1439, 1447, 1650, 1680-1681 Colombia, President Santos--1671 Egypt, President Elsisi--1231, 1688 El Salvador, President Sánchez Cerén--1015 Estonia President Ilves--1147, 1662 Prime Minister Roivas--1156, 1662 Ethiopia, Prime Minister Hailemariam--1227 France, President Hollande--1647, 1654, 1657, 1662, 1663, 1672-1673 Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials--Continued Germany, Chancellor Merkel--1647, 1650, 1652, 1654, 1657, 1660, 1662, 1673 Guatemala, President Pérez Molina--1015 Honduras, President Hernández--1015 India, Prime Minister Modi--1245, 1669 Indonesia President Widodo--1416 President-elect Widodo--1653 International Monetary Fund, Managing Director Lagarde--1678 Iraq, Prime Minister Abadi--1210, 1221, 1658, 1663, 1668, 1688 Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu--1253, 1649, 1652, 1654, 1658 Italy, Prime Minister Renzi--1654, 1658, 1662, 1673 Japan, Prime Minister Abe--1673, 1682, 1688 Jordan, King Abdullah--1572, 1657, 1662, 1686 Latvia, President Berzins--1147 Liberia, President Johnson Sirleaf--1658 Lithuania, President Grybauskaite--1147 Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib--1689 Mexico, President Peña Nieto--1653, 1684 Netherlands, Prime Minister Rutte--1651-1653 New Zeland, Prime Minister Key--1667 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Secretary General Rasmussen--1648, 1662 Pakistan, Prime Minister Sharif--1683, 1688 Poland President Komorowski--1652 Prime Minister Kopacz--1686 Russia, President Putin--1650, 1656, 1680-1681 Saudi Arabia Interior Minister Muhammad bin Nayif--1687 King Abdallah--1647, 1664 Minister of the National Guard Mitib--1683 Sierra Leone, President Koroma--1658 Southeast Asian Nations, Association of, leaders--1450 Sweden, Prime Minister Löfven--1673 Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders--1417 Turkey President Erdogan--1157, 1668, 1674 Prime Minister Erdogan--1658 Ukraine, President Poroshenko--1189, 1651, 1658, 1662, 1673 United Kingdom Prime Minister Cameron--1649, 1652, 1654, 1657, 1662, 1673 Prince Charles--1662 Prince William--1686 United Nations President Kutesa--1668 Secretary-General Ban--1222, 1663, 1668, 1672 Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials--Continued Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen--1681 Yemen, President Hadi--1674 Resignations and Retirements Attorney General, resignation, remarks--1231 National Counterterrorism Center Director, resignation, statement--933 Secretary of Defense, resignation, remarks--1519 U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator, resignation, statement--1627 Statements by the President See also Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings and Vetoes; Joint Statements; Resignations and Retire-ments 2014 Nobel Peace Prize recipients--1317 Afghanistan, end of U.S. combat operations--1646 Afghanistan-U.S. bilateral security and Afghanistan-NATO status of forces agreements, signing--1253 Anti-Defamation League, selection of Jonathan A. Greenblatt as national director--1407 Apollo 11 crewmembers, meeting with President--1001 Berlin Wall, 25th anniversary of fall--1411 Blinken, Antony J., Senate confirmation as Deputy Secretary of State--1621 Castro, Julián, Senate confirmation as Secretary of Housing and Urban De-velopment--933 Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence study--1596 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 50th anniversary--913 Corporate inversions--1201 Crimes Against Journalists, International Day To End Impunity for--1384 Deaths Barry, Marion S., Jr.--1519 Bradlee, Benjamin C.--1346 Brady, James S.--1060 Brown, Michael, Jr.--1099 Doar, John M.--1439 Evans, former Rep. Lane A.--1407 Haines, David C.--1176 Henning, Alan--1282 Jeffords, former Sen. James M.--1109 Kassig, Abdul-Rahman--1491 Liu, Wenjian--1644 Menino, Thomas M.--1365 Statements by the President--Continued Deaths--Continued Ramos, Rafael L.--1644 Sata, Michael Chilufya, President of Zambia--1364 Topinka, Judy Baar--1602 Williams, Robin--1099 Donovan, Shaun L.S., Senate confirmation as Director of the Office of Man-agement and Budget--952 Eid al-Fitr--1020 Hajj and Eid al-Adha--1282 Hanukkah--1620 Internet neutrality--1426 Jerusalem, terrorist attack--1500 Kwanzaa--1645 Mandela, former South African President Nelson R., first anniversary of death--1574 McDonald, Robert A., Senate confirmation as Secretary of Veterans Affairs--1036 Murthy, Vivik H., Senate confirmation as U.S. Surgeon General--1620 Nelson Mandela International Day--973 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, end of term as Secretary General--1238 Northern Ireland, Stormont House Agreement--1644 Peshawar, Pakistan, terrorist attack--1620 Russia, international sanctions--1168 Saldaña, Sarah R., Senate confirmation as Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--1621 Scotland, independence referendum--1199 Sikhism, birth of founder, anniversary--1407 South Sudan situation--1613 Syria, elimination of declared chemical weapons stockpile--1109 Syrian opposition forces, legislation to train and equip, House of Repre-sentatives passage--1186 Tunisia, parliamentary elections--1352 Ukraine Crimea region, blocking property and prohibiting transactions, signing the Executive order--1643 Parliamentary elections--1353 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, House of Rep-resentatives passage--1018 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue--920 Washington Navy Yard shooting, first anniversary--1182 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, House of Representatives passage--933