White House Press BriefingsPress Briefings by the White House Press Secretary and other Administration officials.Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04302008- April 30, 2008 MS. PERINO: Good morning. One quick statement. This morning the Commerce Department gave its first estimate on first quarter GDP. They estimate that the economy grew by 0.6 percent in the first quarter. This represents a small but positive growth in the United States economy, and it is about what you have heard us say we were expecting in this quarter.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080430-5.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04282008- April 28, 2008 MS. PERINO: A couple of announcements. As I mentioned last week, the President will travel to St. Louis, Missouri this Friday; the topic will be on the economy, and then more details to come on locations and logistics.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080428-4.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04242008- April 24, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hello, everyone. I don't have anything to start with, so we'll go straight to questions.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080424-9.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04232008- April 23, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hello. Three announcements for you, and then I'll go to questions. Today, as you saw, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary Gates has recommended, and the President has approved and will nominate, General David Petraeus as the new Commander of Central Command. In addition, he will withdraw the nomination of Lieutenant General Ray Odierno to be the Army Vice Chief of Staff, and nominate him instead to return to Baghdad as the new Multi-National..http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080423-4.html Press Briefing by Tony Fratto - 04182008- April 18, 2008 MR. FRATTO: Sorry to make you wait on this beautiful Friday afternoon. The reason for waiting is because we were going to get this picture up here. Let's see. Now Now One more. "I'm going to get Pete Seat." (Laughter.) Well, technical difficulties in the White House Press Briefing Room. We'll see if we can get it working -- there we go, all right. (Applause.)http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080418-16.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino and Jim Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality - 04162008- April 16, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hello, everybody. Rowdy crowd. A little bit on today's activities, and then I'm going to turn it over to Jim Connaughton before I finish up with other questions.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080416-8.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04152008- April 15, 2008 MS. PERINO: Let me start off just with a couple of comments about the President welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to America today. Tomorrow in his remarks, the President will say to the Holy Father that millions of Americans have been praying for his visit. He will also say to the Holy Father that the nation he will visit is a nation of prayer that welcomes the faithful. He will tell him that the hearts of the American people are open to the Holy Father's message of hope. And he will hear from the...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080415-2.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 04142008- April 14, 2008 MS. PERINO: The President this morning spent time in his Cabinet meeting talking about his ongoing concern about people who are suffering in the world, especially when it comes to those that are hungry. The United States is the largest food provider for emergency food needed in the world. In fiscal year 2007 we provided more than $2.1 billion of food aid, reaching tens of millions of people worldwide. We usually provide about 45 to 50 percent of all emergency food aid every year.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080414-3.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 0492008- April 9, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hello, everybody. I said earlier today I would try to get you details on the logistics for tomorrow, and I have. It's quite simple -- the President will make remarks at 11:30 a.m. at the -- in the Cross Hall. We'll do expanded press pool.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080409-11.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 0482008- April 8, 2008 MS. PERINO: Here at the White House today, obviously we're paying attention to the General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker testimony. And the President said that he would try, if possible, to watch a bit of it in between his appointments today. He has quite a full schedule. And so we'll give you more information about that in a little bit.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080408-2.html |