This article is the 59th in a continuing series chronicling the unfolding history of the Obama Administration. The writer's opinions are not offered, leaving the readers to arrive at their own conclusions.
"I spent the last two years cutting taxes for ordinary Americans, and I want to extend those middle-class tax cuts. The tax cuts I'm proposing we get rid of are tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires; tax breaks for oil companies and hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners"__Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, June 29, 2011
Day877/June16th/Thursday: T he President met with President Tsakhia Elbegdorj of Mongolia in the Oval Office of the White House. Source
The President met with Ambassador Princeton Lyman, his Special Envoy for Sudan, to discuss the status of mediation efforts to end the political and humanitarian crisis in Abyei and the humanitarian crisis and violence in Southern Kordofan. Readout
The President sent the United States Senate his nomination of John Edgar Bryson, of California, to be Secretary of Commerce. Source Bio
Day878/June17th/Friday: The President traveled to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he visited with wounded service members. Source
The President returned to the White House where he met with United States Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner. Source
The President greeted young elected leaders from across the country at a reception at the White House. Source
The President sent a message to the United States Congress, informing of his decision to continue until June 21, 2012 the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation. On June 21, 2000, former U.S. President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order 13159 blocking property and interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation that were in the United States, that thereafter came within the United States, or that were or thereafter came within the possession or control of United States persons that were directly related to the implementation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993, and related contracts and agreements (collectively, the "HEU Agreements"). Source
The President, in a released statement, praised this day's United Nations (UN) adoption of a resolution dedicated to advancing the basic human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons.
The President declared a major disaster existed in the State of Montana and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms occurring on April 3, 8, 22, 26, and 30, 2011, and on May 9-10, 18-21, and 30, 2011, and flooding resulting from those storms beginning on April 4, 2011, and continuing. Federal funding was made available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms and flooding in the counties of Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, and Yellowstone, and the Crow, Fort Belknap, Northern Cheyenne, and Rocky Boy's Reservations. Federal funding was also made available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for all counties and Tribes within the State. Source
Jonathan Samuels was promoted to Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and House Liaison in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. The White House legislative affairs office lobbies Congress on behalf of the president. Samuels will manage the House side of the operation. Source
The President proclaimed June 19, 2011, as Father's Day. Source.
The President's Management Advisory Board held its second meeting at the White House. Video #1 Video #2
