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The Obama Administration: September 16-30, 2010

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The White House released Fact Sheet: The Six Month Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which can be read here.

The White House unveiled www.WhiteHouse.gov/HealthReform, which included information on the impact of the law and stories from Americans in all 50 states who benefited from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The website also included state-by-state reports on the Affordable Care Act. Source

Day607/Sep23rd/Thursday: The President addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Transcript Video

The President held a bilateral meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao of China at the United Nations Headquarters. Remarks of President Obama & Premier Wen Jiabao before Bilateral Meeting Remarks of President Obama & Premier Wen Jiabao after Bilateral Meeting Video

The President attended a luncheon hosted by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Video

The President and First Lady Michelle Obama joined former United States President Bill Clinton to address the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Transcript Video

The President held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan at the Waldorf Astoria New York, New York. Remarks of President Obama & Prime Minister Naoto Kan before Bilateral Meeting Video Readout of the Meeting

The President and the First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a reception in honor of heads of delegation attending the United Nations General Assembly.

The President sent these nominations to the United States Senate:

William R. Brownfield, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs)

Eugene Louis Dodaro, of Virginia, to be Comptroller General of the United States for a term of fifteen years

Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2012

Kurt Walter Tong, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Forum. Bios

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The President declared a major disaster existed in the State of South Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding during the period of July 21-30, 2010. 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 Beadle, Brule, Clay, Fall River, Hand, Jerauld, Lincoln, Miner, Minnehaha, Sanborn, Turner, and Union. Federal funding was also made available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. Source

The President issued a Presidential Memorandum in which he delegated to the United States Secretary of State the functions vested in the President by sections 4(a), 4(b), 4(e), 5(d), 5(e), 9(a), 9(b), and 10 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 such functions to be exercised in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, and with the President of the Export-Import Bank and the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve System and other agencies as appropriate.

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