The President signed a Presidential Memorandum delegating to the United States Secretary of State the functions conferred upon the President by section 107(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-457).
The President sent these nominations to the United States Senate:
Mario Cordero, of California, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2014 bio
Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2015. (Reappointment)
Stacia A. Hylton, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service bio Source
The President traveled to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he delivered remarks at a finance reception Transcript and dinner reception Transcript for Congressman Joe Sestak.
The President delivered remarks at a reception at the Pyramid Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the DNC. Transcript
The President returned to the White House in the evening.
Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan visited Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, to consult with U.S. and Yemeni officials about the bilateral relationship. With President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Brennan discussed the United States' economic and humanitarian support for the Yemeni people, which had increased to over $110 million dollars. Saleh and Brennan consulted on the Friends of Yemen, including its upcoming September 24th Ministerial meeting in New York. Source
The Justice Department urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a previous U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia three-judge panel's ruling of August 2010 that reversed the conviction and life sentence of a cocaine dealer whose vehicle was tracked, for a month with a GPS device without a court warrant. "The panel's conclusion that Jones had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the public movements of his Jeep rested on the premise that an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the totality of his or her movements in public places, " Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Smith wrote the court in a petition for rehearing, adding three other circuit courts had ruled law enforcement officials do not require a warrant for GPS vehicle tracking. Source
Day605/Sep21st/Tuesday: The President, in the East Room of the White House, provided remarks and awarded Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, the Medal of Honor, posthumously for conspicuous gallantry for his heroic actions in combat on March 11, 1968, in the country of Laos. . Transcript Video
The President and Vice President Joe Biden met with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
The President announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Korea to attend the Seoul Liberation Commemoration Ceremonies on September 27-28, 2010. Eric K. Shinseki, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will lead the delegation of:
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