Barack Obama 2015-01-01 1 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 2014 Major League Soccer Champion Los Angeles Galaxy--137 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion--487 2014 National Basketball Association Champion San Antonio Spurs--35 2014 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings--137 2014 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants--664 21st-Century Policing, President's Task Force on, meeting--251 AARP headquarters--222 Adas Israel Congregation--627 African American History Month reception--241 Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., official portrait unveiling--245 Loretta E. Lynch, investiture ceremony--708 Loretta E. Lynch, meeting--643 Benedict College in Columbia, SC, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session--263 Biden, Joseph R. "Beau," III, funeral service euology in Wilmington, DE--666 Boise State University in Boise, ID--69 Browns Canyon National Monument, establishment, remarks in Chicago, IL--208 Cabinet meetings--141, 626 Camden, NJ--613 Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University, panel discussion--581 Catholic Health Association, annual assembly--694 Cedar Falls Utilities in Cedar Falls, IA--41 Central High School in Phoenix, AZ--17 CEO Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama Question-and-answer session--419 Remarks--417 Charmington's cafe in Baltimore, MD--45 Chicago, IL, campaign volunteers for Mayor Emanuel and Alderman Burns--212 Cinco de Mayo celebration--557 City Club of Cleveland in Cleveland, OH, question-and-answer session--307 Climate change and public health, roundtable discussion at Howard University--394 Addresses and Remarks-- Continued Commander in Chief's Trophy, presentation--559 Congressional leaders, meeting with President--37 Congressional Picnic--711 ConnectED initiative question-and-answer session at Anacostia Neighborhood Library--534 Council of the Great City Schools, meeting--300 Cybersecurity information sharing with private sector, promotion efforts, signing the Executive order in Stanford, CA--187 Deaths Lo Porto, Giovanni--493 Weinstein, Warren--493 Deferred action for childhood arrivals policy beneficiaries, meeting with President--142 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, CA--722 Democratic Governors Association--217 Democratic National Committee fundraisers Beverly Hills, CA--713 Miami, FL--640 New York City--553 Portland, OR--560 San Francisco, CA--193 Democratic National Committee meeting--213 Director of National Intelligence, Office of the, 10th anniversary in McLean, VA--505 Easter Prayer Breakfast--391 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, U.S. response--177 Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, dedication ceremony in Boston, MA--370 Everglades National Park in Homestead, FL--491 Federal budget--134 Federal Trade Commission--32 Financial regulatory reform and consumer financial protection, roundtable discussion at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, AL--361 Ford Motor Co. Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, MI--12 Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA--291 Global entrepreneurship--578 Hill Air Force Base, UT--386 Honouliuli National Monument, establishment, remarks in Chicago, IL--208 House Democratic Issues Conference in Philadelphia, PA--126 Hurricane preparedness, briefing at National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL--641 Iftar dinner--729 Indatus ICIM Corp. in Louisville, KY--383 Addresses and Remarks --Continued Iran, international diplomatic efforts to prevent nuclear weapons development--380 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist organization, proposed legislation to authorize the use of military force against--181 Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis, IN, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session--149 Krün, Germany--669 Lake Area Technical Institute, commencement address in Watertown, SD--572 Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, AL--362 Lehman College in New York City Expanding opportunity for young people, roundtable discussion--547 My Brother's Keeper Alliance--548 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, reception--740 "Let Girls Learn" initiative--256 Medal of Honor Pvt. Henry Johnson, posthumous presentation--658 Sgt. William Shemin, posthumous presentation--658 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, congressional passage--488 Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington, VA--633 MSNBC/Telemundo immigration town hall and question-and-answer session in Miami, FL--228 National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, VA--38 National Governors Association Dinner--219 Executive committee, meeting with President--9 Meeting--220 National League of Cities, congressional city conference--284 National Peace Officers Memorial Service--608 National Poetry Month--483 National Prayer Breakfast--145 NCAA football champion Ohio State University Buckeyes--485 New Delhi, India Radio address and question-and-answer session with Prime Minister Modi--116 Siri Fort Auditorium--109 U.S.-India Business Council Summit--105 Nike, Inc., world headquarters in Beaverton, OR--566 Nowruz, videotaped remarks--324 Nueva Villas Beverly housing development in Phoenix, AZ--17 Addresses and Remarks --Continued Organizing for Action Dinner--502 Summit--497 Panama City, Panama, civil society forum--421 Paris, France, terrorist attack--11 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Beneficiaries, roundtable discussion--138 Fifth anniversary commemoration--356 U.S. Supreme Court ruling--743 PBS, "The History of Gospel: In Performance at the White House"--448 Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, TN--22 Pinckney, Clementa C., funeral service eulogy in Charleston, SC--747 Precision medicine--129 Pullman National Monument, establishment, remarks in Chicago, IL--208 Renewable energy and climate change, roundtable discussion at the Department of Energy--323 Same-sex marriage, U.S. Supreme Court ruling--746 Science and Technology, President's Council of Advisers on, meeting--367 Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, meetings--197, 254 Charles T. Hagel, Armed Forces farewell tribute at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, VA--122 SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, MD--338 Selma-to-Montgomery marches for voting rights, 50th anniversary commemoration in Selma, AL--277 Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg, home in Gilbert, AZ--299 SheKnows/BlogHer town hall meeting and question-and-answer session in Charlotte, NC--450 Shooting in Charleston, SC--712 Student Aid Bill of Rights, affordable repayment options, signing the memorandum to help ensure--290 St. Patrick's Day Reception--304 Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, first plenary session--424 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots--495 Techmer PM, LLC, manufacturing facility in Clinton, TN--28 Trade, roundtable discussion--360 University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS--76 U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, commencement address--619 U.S. Conference of Mayors San Francisco, CA, conference--717 Washington, DC, conference--82 U.S. hostage recovery policy--731 Addresses and Remarks --Continued Veterans health care, roundtable discussion in Phoenix, AZ--297 Weekly addresses--31, 59, 84, 133, 165, 195, 218, 250, 276, 300, 332, 369, 389, 484, 508, 546, 565, 612, 632, 644, 665, 703, 727, 752 White House Correspondents' Association dinner--509 White House Easter Egg Roll--390 White House "Let's Move!" initiative Girl Scout campout--776 White House mentorship and leadership program, graduation ceremony--704 White House Science Fair--334 White House Student Film Festival--328 White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism--198, 204 Working families, Champions of Change honorees--465 World Press Freedom Day--544 Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride, opening ceremony--463 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative, town hall meeting and question-and-answer session in Mona, Jamaica--402 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, question-and-answer session with fellows--647 Addresses to the Nation State of the Union--60 Appointments and Nominations See also Digest, Nominations Submitted, and Checklist at the end of this volume Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and Vice Chairman, nomination, remarks--555 Bill Signings and Vetoes Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, signing remarks--183 Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act, signing remarks--753 Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, signing remarks--542 Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, veto message--228 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, signing remarks--469 National Labor Relations Board, legislation overturning rule on representation case procedures Memorandum of disapproval--376 Remarks on signing the memorandum of disapproval--375 Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015, signing remarks--618 Bill Signings and Vetoes --Continued Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, signing remarks--753 Communications to Congress Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, proposed wilderness and wild and scenic river designations, letter--389 Belarus, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--699 Budget amendments for fiscal year 2016, letter transmitting--447 Burma, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--611 Central African Republic, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--577 Central Asia, Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in, message transmitting protocol--513 China, nuclear energy cooperation with U.S., message transmitting proposed agreement--489 Combat-equipped U.S. Armed Forces, letter on global deployment--700 Côte d'Ivoire, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--144 Cuba Anchorage and movement of vessels, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--241 Rescission of designation as state sponsor of terrorism, certification--446 Rescission of designation as state sponsor of terrorism, message transmitting certification--447 Cyber-enabled activities, blocking the property of certain persons, letter--378 District of Columbia fiscal year 2015 budget request, letter transmitting--331 Global counterterrorism and overseas contingency operations, message designating funds--262 Iran, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--296 Iraq, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--619 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist organization, proposed legislation to authorize use of military force against, message submitting--183 Japan-U.S. taxation convention, message transmitting--439 Libya, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--225 Middle East, terrorists who threaten to disrupt the peace process, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--75 Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, recommendations Letter--374 Message--543 Communications to Congress --Continued North Korea Imposing additional U.S. sanctions, letter--1 U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--729 Russian Federation, risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material, letter on termination of U.S. national emergency--638 Russia-U.S., fisheries agreement, letter transmitting extension--296 Somalia, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--397 South Korea, nuclear energy cooperation with U.S., message transmitting proposed agreement--706 South Sudan, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--377 Syria, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation--558 Ukraine, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--261 U.S. National Security Strategy, letter transmitting--165 Venezuela, blocking property and suspending entry, letter--283 Western Balkans, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--728 Yemen, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--598 Zimbabwe, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--261 Communications to Federal Agencies Broadband deployment and adoption, expansion efforts, memorandum on regulatory barriers, investment, and training--341 Meat and poultry produced according to antibiotic-use policies, Federal Government preference, memorandum--661 Military compensation, 12th quadrennial review, memorandum--30 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Memorandum delegating authority--323 Memorandum delegating reporting functions--438 Radioactive waste, defense high-level, memorandum on disposal in separate repository--356 U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, withdrawal of areas from leasing disposition, memorandum--115 White House Information Technology, Director, memorandum establishing--325 Directives U.S. nationals taken hostage abroad and personnel recovery efforts--734 Interviews With the News Media Exchanges with reporters Department of Energy--323 Kingston, Jamaica--397 New Delhi, India--86 White House--9, 138, 197, 251, 254, 288, 439, 544, 597, 643 Interviews ABC, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" program--793 Al-Arabiya News Channel--807 Atlantic magazine--808 BuzzFeed News--787 CBS, "Late Show With David Letterman"--805 CBS News--792 CNN, "Fareed Zakaria GPS" program--784 CNN, "New Day" program--799 ExtraTV--811 Huffington Post--795 Israel's Channel 2--809 KCRA in Sacramento, CA--810 KFMB in San Diego, CA--810 KGW in Portland, OR--790 KING in Seattle, WA--810 KMBC in Kansas City, MO--790 KOMO in Seattle, WA--790 KSFY in Sioux Falls, SD--801 KTVT in Dallas, TX--810 KVIA in El Paso, TX--810 "Madison Show"--791 MSNBC, "Hardball With Chris Matthews" program--802 MSNBC, "Rundown With José Díaz-Balart" program--790 NBC, "Super Bowl XLIX Pre-Game Show"--786 NBC, "Today" program--786 New York Times--799 NPR, "Marketplace" program--810 NPR, "Morning Edition" program--799 Planetary Society--803 StoryCorps--789 "The Steve Harvey Morning Show"--803 "The Tom Joyner Morning Show"--791 VICE News--792 Wall Street Journal--803 WBNS in Columbus, OH--801 WCSH in Portland, ME--801 WDAY in Fargo, ND--790 WGAL in Harrisburg, PA--801 WMTV in Madison, WI--801 "WTF With Marc Maron" podcast--813 Yahoo! News--805 YouTube hosts Hank Green, GloZell Green, and Bethany Mota--783 Interviews With the News Media --Continued Joint news conferences Afghanistan, President Ghani--343 Brazil, President Rousseff--755 Germany, Chancellor Merkel--166 Italy, Prime Minister Renzi--470 Japan, Prime Minister Abe--514 United Kingdom, Prime Minister Cameron--46 News conferences April 11--431 May 14--599 June 8--673 Joint Statements Afghanistan, President Ghani--353 Brazil, President Rousseff Joint communique--766 Brazil, President Rousseff, climate change--772 Group of Seven (G-7) nations, leaders Declaration--680 Ukraine situation--195 Gulf Cooperation Council--606 India, Prime Minister Modi Shared Effort, Progress for All--94 U.S.-India Declaration of Friendship--92 U.S.-India joint strategic vision for the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean region--93 Iraq, Prime Minister Abadi--443 Japan Prime Minister Abe, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons--525 U.S.-Japan joint vision statement--527 Mexico Mexico High-Level Dialogue, U.S.- --5 President Peña Nieto, U.S.-Mexico climate policy cooperation--369 Letters and Messages See also Communications to Congress Cuba and U.S., reestablishment of diplomatic relations and permanent diplomatic missions, letter to President Castro--778 Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, letter to Chairman--375 Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials See also Interviews With the News Media; Joint Statements Abu Dhabi, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan--798, 801, 802 Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah--793, 795 Minister of Foreign Affairs Rabbani--795 President Ghani--793, 795 Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials --Continued Bahrain, King Hamad--798 Brazil, President Rousseff--430, 815 Canada, Prime Minister Harper--800 Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) leaders--401 Central American Integration System leaders--416 China President Xi--787 State Councilor Yang--814 Vice Premier Liu--814 Vice Premier Wang--814 Colombia, President Santos--427 Cuba, President Castro--428, 800 Denmark, Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt--788 Egypt, President Elsisi--797 European Council, President Tusk--288, 791 France Ambassador to U.S. Araud--780 President Hollande--780, 782, 791, 795, 798, 811, 814-815 Germany, Chancellor Merkel--782, 785, 787-788, 791, 794-796, 798, 811, 815 Greece, Prime Minister Tsipras--785 Guinea, President Condé--449 India President Mukherjee--104, 784 Prime Minister Modi--86, 784 Iraq Kurdistan Regional Goverment, President Barzani--805 Prime Minister Abadi--439, 671 Ireland, Prime Minister Kenny--302, 304, 793 Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu--781, 794, 798 Italy President Mattarella--788 President Napolitano--779 Prime Minister Renzi--791, 802-803 Jamaica, Prime Minister Simpson-Miller--397 Japan, Prime Minister Abe--513, 529, 784, 803 Jordan, King Abdullah--786 Kazakhstan, President Nazarbayev--782 Kenya, President Kenyatta--798 Kuwait, Amir Sabah--798 Liberia, President Johnson Sirleaf--243, 449 Mexico, President Peña Nieto--3, 780 Nepal, Prime Minister Koirala--804 Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander--645 Nigeria, President Jonathan--798 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Secretary General Stoltenberg--636 Oman, Sultan Qaboos--799 Pakistan, Prime Minister Sharif--788 Panama, President Varela--415 Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials --Continued Qatar, Amir Tamim--226, 798 Russia, President Putin--787 Rwanda, President Kabila--797 Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayif--597 King Salman--783-784, 797-798, 802, 806 Sierra Leone, President Koroma--449 Singapore, Prime Minister Lee--795 South Korea, President Park--812 Spain, Prime Minister Rajoy--795 Tunisia, President Caid Essebsi--625, 779, 794, 815 Turkey, President Erdogan--796 Ukraine, President Poroshenko--787-788, 810 United Kingdom Prime Minister Cameron--670, 782, 791, 798, 806, 815 Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla--794 Venezuela, President Maduro--800 Resignations and Retirements Ebola Response Coordinator, resignation, statement--187 Environmental Quality Council Acting Chair, resignation, statement--41 Statements by the President See also Appointments and Nominations; Joint Statements; Resignations and Retirements 2015 National Security Strategy--163 Amtrak Train 188, crash in Philadelphia, PA--598 Anti-Semitism, U.N. General Assembly meeting on increase--81 Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, beatification--632 Armenian Remembrance Day--504 Ash Wednesday--204 Auschwitz-Birkenau, 70th anniversary of liberation--115 Boxer, Sen. Barbara L., decision not to seek reelection--22 Capps, Rep. Lois, decision not to seek reelection--397 Carter, Ashton B., Senate confirmation as Secretary of Defense--187 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision, fifth anniversary--75 Clean Water Rule--639 Cyber-enabled activities, blocking the property of certain persons, signing the Executive order--378 Dachau liberation, 70th anniversary--533 Statements by the President --Continued Deaths Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia--82 Abu-Salha, Razan Mohammad--194 Abu-Salha, Yusor--194 Banks, Ernie--85 Barakat, Deah Shaddy--194 Barrow, Willie T.--297 Biden, Joseph R. "Beau," III--645 Brooke, former Sen. Edward W., III--2 Coffey, Lucy--331 Crouch, Andraé E.--30 Cuomo, Mario M., former Governor of New York--1 Ford, former Sen. Wendell H.--82 Goto, Kenji--134 Hesburgh, Theodore M.--249 Kasasbeh, Moaz al- --142 King, B.B.--611 Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore--333 Minoso, Minnie--251 Mueller, Kayla J.--177 Nemtsov, Boris Efimovich--249 Nimoy, Leonard S.--249 Nunnelee, Rep. P. Alan--162 Scott, Stuart O.--3 Sifford, Charles L.--144 Smith, Dean E.--166 Wright, James C., Jr., former Speaker of the House of Representatives--558 Yukawa, Haruna--85 Easter--388 France, terrorist attack in Paris--16 Head Start, 50th anniversary--617 Holocaust Remembrance Day--469 Holocaust Remembrance Day, International--115 Homeland Security, Department of, congressional passage of legislation funding--260 Homophobia and Transphobia, International Day Against--613 Iran, detained or missing U.S. citizens--330 Italy, Presidential election--133 Juneteenth--726 Kenya, terrorist attack in Garissa--388 Lynch, Loretta E., Senate confirmation as Attorney General--504 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, congressional passage--446 Mikulski, Sen. Barbara A., decision not to seek reelection--254 Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, final report--125 Nigeria, Presidential election--377 Statements by the President --Continued Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 45th anniversary--262 Oklahoma City bombing, 20th anniversary--485 Orthodox Christmas--16 Passover--387 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, fifth anniversary--332 Pope Francis, climate change encyclical--717 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Duchess Catherine of Cambridge, of the United Kingdom, congratulations on birth of daughter--546 Ramadan--710 Reid, Sen. Harry M., decision not to seek reelection--368 Retirement savings advice, Department of Labor proposed rule--446 Rhode Island Legislature's passage of legislation to raise minimum wage--728 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, 42d anniversary--81 Rwandan genocide, 21st anniversary--396 Sri Lanka, Presidential election--30 Statements by the President --Continued Torture, International Day in Support of Victims of--751 Trade enforcement legislation, congressional action--618 Trade promotion authority and trade adjustment assistance legislation Congressional passage--745 House of Representatives action--703 Senate passage--631 Trade promotion authority legislation, Senate action--470 United Kingdom, parliamentary elections--577 Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 (USA FREEDOM Act), Congressional passage--661 V-E Day, 70th anniversary--577 Wisconsin, legislation prohibiting labor unions from collecting mandatory fees, passage--290 Women's Day, International--282 World Refugee Day--726