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Remarks by the President on American Health Care Workers Fighting Ebola
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 29, 2014 East Room 3:44 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. And thank you, Dr. Brantly, not just for the introduction, but for your extraordinary work to...
Africa: Response to the Ebola Virus
The United States is working with the World Health Organization and other international partners to help West African governments respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus as quickly as possible. The full range of relevant U.S....
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IMF Survey: Resilient Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Despite Strong Headwinds
Workers build bridge on Trans-Africa Highway in Kenya: tackling infrastructure gap is critical for sustained, high, inclusive growth (photo: Michael Wirtz/Newscom) REGIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Resilient Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Despite Strong...
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Transcript of a Press Briefing by William Murray, Deputy Spokesman, International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 11, 2014 MR. MURRAY: Good day, I'm William Murray from the Communications Department at the IMF, this is one of our regular biweekly press briefings. We're embargoed until 10:30 a.m. Washington time, that's...
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Remarks by the President on Research for Potential Ebola Vaccines
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 02, 2014 National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland 4:54 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody! It is good to be back. Thank you. Thank you so much....
Remarks by the President on the U.S. Government's Ebola Response and the Shooting Incident in Canada
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 22, 2014 Oval Office 4:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, I wanted to give you an update I just received from the team thats been working day and night to make sure that the...
Africa: Remarks at Global Health Security Agenda Summit
Sylvia, thank you very much. I couldn’t hear a word out there so I was entirely presumptuous and said, “That must be me.” (Laughter.) Thank you. I’m delighted to be here with all of you and appreciate Sylvia’s leadership on this and I think she...
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Remarks by the President After Meeting on the Government's Response to Ebola | October 16, 2014
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 16, 2014 Oval Office 7:12 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I wanted to give the American people an update on whats happened today. Obviously everybody remains deeply concerned...
Remarks by President Obama and President Sirleaf of Liberia before Bilateral Meeting
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 27, 2015 Oval Office 11:37 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's a great pleasure to welcome once again the President of Liberia, President Sirleaf. She has been a great friend...
FACT SHEET: Emergency Funding Request to Enhance the U.S. Government’s Response to Ebola at Home and Abroad
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 05, 2014 Since the first cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in March 2014, the United States has mounted a whole-of-government response to contain and eliminate...
Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Dr. Jill Biden at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit Women’s Day
The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release November 19, 2014 Marrakech, Morocco Wednesday, November 19, 2014 It is so wonderful to be with so many amazing women who are realizing their potential. A month or so ago, I...
IMF Survey: Sustain Africa's Growth by Easing Structural Bottlenecks
’ Bridge site in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: goal is balance between infrastructure spending, public debt buildup (photo: Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters/Corbis) 2014 IMF–WORLD BANK ANNUAL MEETINGS Sustain Africa’s Growth by Easing Structural BottlenecksIMF...
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On-the-Record Conference Call on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 01, 2014 ON-THE-RECORD CONFERENCE CALL BY DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS BEN RHODES; ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA...
Transcript: Press Briefing by Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C. Thursday, October 30, 2014 MR. RICE: Okay. Good morning everyone and welcome to this briefing on behalf of the International Monetary Fund. I’m Gerry Rice of the Communications Department. As usual, our briefing will be embargoed...
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Remarks by the President After Meeting on the Government's Response to Ebola
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 15, 2014 Cabinet Room 5:26 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously the news has been dominated by the diagnosis of a second health care worker in Dallas with Ebola. And in...
Remarks by the President to Senior Leaders of the Federal Workforce
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 09, 2014 Washington Hilton Washington, D.C. 11:47 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you very much. Everybody, have a seat, have a...
Transcript of a Press Briefing by Gerry Rice, Director, Communications Department, IMF
Washington, D.C. Thursday, August 28, 2014 MR. RICE: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to this briefing on behalf of the International Monetary. I’m Gerry Rice and this is one of our regular biweekly press briefings. We're embargoed until 10:30...
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UN senior leaders outline needs for global Ebola response
03 September 2014 ¦ WASHINGTON - The United Nations’ senior leadership on Ebola today said they could stop the Ebola outbreak in west Africa in 6 to 9 months, but only if a “massive” global response is implemented. In a Washington, D.C. news...