James T. Ryan , of Utah, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2013 Bio
Michael T. Scuse , of Delaware, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Bio
Michael T. Scuse , of Delaware, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation Bio Source
The President withdrew these prior nominations:
Terry D. Garcia , of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, which was sent to the Senate on May 16, 2011. Bio
James T. Ryan , of Utah, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 2013, which was sent to the Senate on July 22, 2011. Bio Source
The President proclaimed October 2011 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Source
The President proclaimed October 2011 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Source
The President proclaimed October 2011 as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Source
The President proclaimed Monday, October 3, 2011, as Child Health Day. Source
The President proclaimed October 2011 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Source
The President proclaimed October 2011 as National Arts and Humanities Month. Source
The President proclaimed October 2011 as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. Source
The White House announced the We the People platform for submitting petitions had to be raised from the initial threshold of 5,000 signatures to a new threshold of 25,000 to generate an official response from the White House. Source
The North Portico exterior of the White House was illuminated pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Photo
Day987/Oct4th/Tuesday: The President issued a Presidential Memorandum to the United States Secretary of State, certifying, pursuant to section 404 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (CSPA) (title IV, Public Law 110-457), "that the Government of Chad has implemented measures that include an action plan and actual steps to come into compliance with the standards outlined in the CSPA, and has implemented policies and mechanisms to prohibit and prevent future government or government-supported use of child soldiers and to ensure that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers. I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Yemen; and further determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive in part the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to allow for continued provision of International Military Education and Training and non-lethal Excess Defense Articles, and issuance of licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment; and I hereby waive such provisions accordingly."
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