White House Press BriefingsPress Briefings by the White House Press Secretary and other Administration officials.Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 06302008- June 30, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hi. I don't have anything to start with. Sorry I'm late.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080630-2.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 06252008- June 25, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hello. One announcement for you. Tomorrow President Bush will deliver remarks at the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference. During his speech he will highlight the Initiative's record of helping millions in need across the country and around the world. We are working on getting you excerpts that will be released later this afternoon. I have two, though, that I can give you now.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080625-3.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 06242008- June 24, 2008 MS. PERINO: One announcement. President Bush continues to call on the Senate to swiftly clear the pipeline of all pending nominations. Currently there are 394 nominations pending in the Senate. These nominations cumulatively represent more than 50,000 days of missed opportunity in roles that are critical to our nation's security and prosperity. Most of these nominations are for military promotions, career promotions, or non-controversial appointments whose terms expire at the end of this...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080624-1.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 06232008- June 23, 2008 MS. PERINO: Hello, everybody. I don't have anything to start off with, so --http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080623-6.html Press Briefing by Tony Fratto - 06182008- June 18, 2008 MR. FRATTO: Good afternoon. I just have just one quick announcement for you on a -- FEMA will be hosting a conference call this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. to talk about the federal response to flooding. This will be at 2:00 p.m, and if you just check in with FEMA and they'll get you the information for call-in and they'll tell you about the whole federal response to the region affected by the flooding.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080618-7.html Press Briefing by Tony Fratto - 06172008- June 17, 2008 MR. FRATTO: Good afternoon, everyone. A quick schedule update, announcement, and then we'll go to questions.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080617-6.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 0662008- June 6, 2008 MS. PERINO: All right. Let me give you one update. The President called Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt today. He wished him a happy Swedish National Day, and also thanked him for hosting a successful International Compact of Iraq meeting in Stockholm.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080606-7.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 0652008- June 5, 2008 MS. PERINO: Good morning -- afternoon. One quick announcement. President Bush wanted to thank Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake today for participating in a groundbreaking of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. This Center is a state-of-the-art facility that will treat American troops and veterans who are suffering from traumatic brain injury and psychological health issues. The project is being funded by the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which provides.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080605-5.html Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on the President's Trip to Europe- June 4, 2008 MR. HADLEY: Good afternoon. On Monday, the President and Mrs. Bush will travel to Europe to participate in the summit between the United States and European Union in Slovenia. They will also make bilateral stops in Germany, Italy, the Holy See, France, and the United Kingdom.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080604-6.html Press Briefing by Dana Perino - 0622008- June 2, 2008 MS. PERINO: A quick announcement: The President met this morning with a group of preeminent economists to highlight the passage of two tax cuts that have proven to help lift our economy out of recession in 2001, and following the economic slowdown after the 911 attacks. Those tax cuts led to a long period of economic growth and to the longest unbroken run of job growth on record, which was 52 consecutive months, and only recently ended when we started experiencing the slowdown in the housing...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080602-7.html |