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Today At 11:20 A.M. ET President Obama Speaks About America’s Energy Security
Today, at 11:20 a.m. Eastern Time, President Obama will deliver a speech at Georgetown University regarding the future of America’s energy security. This speech will outline the President’s plan to diversify our country’s energy portfolio, reducing our dependence on foreign oil while also developing and producing cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. It’s a plan to help create jobs and ensure greater stability for American families. Watch the speech live at whitehouse.gov/live beginning at 11:20 a.m. ET.
“The Next Generation of Great American Teachers”
Throughout March, President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have been visiting schools around the country talking to students, parents, and teachers about the best ways to make sure that all our students get the best possible education.At the heart of a good education, is a good teacher. Writing on the White House blog, Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, lays out how the administration is helping recruit the next generation of great teachers.One of the greatest challenges facing our country is the coming retirement of more than 1 million baby boomer teachers. This challenge has presented us with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help reshape education in America by recruiting and training the next generation of great American teachers.Teaching is a rewarding …
Latinos and Education Town Hall
President Obama took part in a town hall meeting on education at Bell Multicultural High School, a dual-language school situated in Washington, D.C. The event was hosted by the Spanish-language channel Univision—you can watch it online here in English and here in Spanish.Hispanics are both the largest and fastest-growing minority group (currently 54 million), and yet they have the lowest education attainment levels of any group in the country. Answering questions from students, parents, and teachers yesterday, the President addressed many of the issues that are a barrier to success.Drop-out ratesThis is an issue that’s not just important for the Latino community here in the United States; this is an issue that is critical for the success of America generally, because …
Watch: President Obama Addresses the Nation
President Obama addressed the nation last night, updating the American people on the situation in Libya. The President praised America’s men and women in uniform—describing the actions taken with international allies and partners to protect the Libyan people from the brutality of Moammar Qaddafi, the transition to NATO command and control, and America’s policy going forward.You can read the full remarks here
Tonight at 7:30 P.M: President Obama Addresses The American People
Tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time, President Obama will speak to the American public about the ongoing situation in Libya. Over the several days, the United States has joined an international coalition to protect the Libyan people from government attacks and to institute a no fly zone, a mission that is limited, clear, and focused. As the President said in his Weekly Address: We’re succeeding in our mission. We’ve taken out Libya’s air defenses. Qaddafi’s forces are no longer advancing across Libya. In places like Benghazi, a city of some 700,000 that Qaddafi threatened to show “no mercy,” his forces have been pushed back. So make no mistake, because we acted quickly, a humanitarian catastrophe has been avoided …
“There’s Not Much That We Can’t Do”
Events marking the one-year anniversary of health reform continued across the country this weekend, with folks coming together to remember last year’s campaign and to tell their stories of how they are being helped by the new law.Roosevelt Lyons, an OFA regional field director in Missouri, is one of millions of Americans benefiting from the Affordable Care Act:As a young child, I suffered from severe asthma. I was hospitalized several times, and there was a time when they were not sure if I was going to survive.I remember one Fourth of July holiday, as my family and I watched the fire works display, my mom and dad were discussing his paycheck. I remember looking at it—it was 99 dollars. At the time I …
Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan, OFA D.C.
OFA’s success depends on the hard work and talents of volunteers across the country—folks who come together to organize, and make a difference in their communities.Ryan, who was in high school during the 2008 election, has been volunteering with OFA since the 2010 mid term elections:As a politically savvy high school student in 2008, the eloquent words of President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago on Election Night illustrated a future presidency of tremendous change.Following two years of promises kept, President Obama and Democrats faced tough races from the Republican party in the mid terms. But volunteers proved that Organizing for America and passionate young Americans can still shape change.A political science major at The Catholic University of America in …
Weekly Address: “President Obama Says the Mission in Libya is Succeeding”
In his weekly address, President Obama talks about the military mission in Libya and the progress that has been made—and he praises the bravery of our men and women in uniform.Every American can be proud of the lives we’ve saved in Libya and of the service of our men and women in uniform who once again have stood up for our interests and our ideals. And people in Libya and around the world are seeing that the United States of America stands with those who hope for a future where they can determine their own destiny.
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