The White House released visitor records that were generated in January 2011, including several visitor records generated prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested by members of the public in March 2011 pursuant to the White House voluntary disclosure policy. This release brings the grand total of records that this White House released to over 1.25 million records that can be viewed at the Disclosures section .
The week's West Wing Week was released.
Day830/Apr30th/Saturday: In his Weekly Address, the President renewed his call to end the $4 billion-per-year subsidies for oil and gas companies and invest in clean energy. Transcript
President Obama spoke by telephone with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain about the ongoing situation in Bahrain. The President said that the United States, as a long standing partner of Bahrain, believed that Bahrain's stability depended upon respect for the universal rights of the people of Bahrain, and a process of meaningful reform responsive to the aspirations of all Bahrainis. Source
The President and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke by phone about a wide range of issues in bilateral relations between the United States and Kazakhstan: their many cooperative efforts regarding nuclear security--including securing nuclear material from the BN-350 reactor--and reviewed progress on meeting mutual goals established during their bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in 2010. They also discussed issues of democracy, affirming that greater political modernization must now accompany Kazakhstan's economic modernization; that the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan in 2012 offered an important opportunity for greater democratization, a goal President Nazarbayev affirmed in his recent inauguration address. Source
The President declared a major disaster existed in the State of Georgia and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and associated flooding during the period of April 27-28, 2011, making Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Dade, Floyd, Polk, Spalding, and Walker, including grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. Federal funding was also made available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis in the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Coweta, Dade, Floyd, Greene, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Spalding, Troup, and Walker for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance. Federal funding was also made available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. Source
The President and First Lady Michelle Obama attended the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. . Transcript of the President's Remarks VideoNext Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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