Barack Obama

The Presidents held a joint press conference just moments ago upon meeting at the White House. Below is the video:

Yesterday, Secretary Clinton also held a joint press conference with President Preval You can watch in full below:

In just under 2 hours, the President and the First Lady will speak at a reception commemorating International Women’s Day.

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As 2009 drew to a close, President Obama signed into law an appropriations bill to fund a variety of government activities. Included in this package was $132.25 million for the U.S. Government’s contribution to UNICEF.

On Friday, eight US senators sent a letter to President Obama asking him to fund global AIDS in 2011 at levels consistent with Lantos-Hyde HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Reauthoration Act of 2008.
This is the concluding paragraph of the letter.

In yesterday’s presentation of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to the women of WOZA, President Obama offered some sharp words for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, as reported by the New York Times.

Today, as part of his trip to Washington, Botswana’s President, Ian Khama is scheduled to meet with President Obama. Although the specific topics of discussion have not been released, many are predicting that the two leaders will discuss the precarious situation in Zimbabwe.

On Friday, President Obama announced that the U.S. will overturn its 22-year-old ban on travel and immigration to the U.S. by HIV-positive people.

On Saturday I joined Pennsylvania ONE Members and volunteers from RESULTS to STAND UP against poverty in Philadelphia, PA.

On top of everyone STANDING UP, our day together focused on the challenges of extreme poverty, the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and publicly urging our elected officials to support proven successful life-saving programs like [...]

In Sunday’s edition of the New York Times, ONE co-founder Bono has an op-ed column entitled “Rebranding America.” Part of his series with the paper, the column focuses on President Obama’s September speech at the UN, in which he re-committed America to the Millennium Development Goals.