Via Teleconference 12:42 P.M. EDT MODERATOR:  Hey, everyone.  Thanks for joining us on a Friday afternoon.  Kirby has a few words here at the top, and then we’ll take some questions.  MR. KIRBY:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Sorry we’re a little bit late.  Had some technical difficulties here.  But I just wanted to start by letting…

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Madam President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency…The post

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Madam President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency…The post

On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Sudan pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and took related steps to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by…The post

One year ago, an act of senseless violence carried out with a weapon of war took the lives of 18 loved ones and injured 13 others in Lewiston, Maine. Doug and I join all Mainers in remembering those who lost their lives on that fall night, standing with their families, and thinking of the survivors…The post

Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Phoenix, Arizona 5:07 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Hello, hello. Okay. Very excited about this trip. Its going to be a fantastic trip. As you know, we are headed to Phoenix, Arizona, where the president will visit the Gila River Indian Community. This historic visit delivers on the presidents…The post

Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Phoenix, Arizona 5:07 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Hello, hello. Okay. Very excited about this trip. Its going to be a fantastic trip. As you know, we are headed to Phoenix, Arizona, where the president will visit the Gila River Indian Community. This historic visit delivers on the presidents…The post

Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Phoenix, Arizona 5:07 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Hello, hello. Okay. Very excited about this trip. Its going to be a fantastic trip. As you know, we are headed to Phoenix, Arizona, where the president will visit the Gila River Indian Community. This historic visit delivers on the presidents…The post

Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Phoenix, Arizona 5:07 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Hello, hello. Okay. Very excited about this trip. Its going to be a fantastic trip. As you know, we are headed to Phoenix, Arizona, where the president will visit the Gila River Indian Community. This historic visit delivers on the presidents…The post

South Lawn 3:50 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Im heading — (Cross-talk.) THE PRESIDENT: Im — (Cross-talk.) THE PRESIDENT: I’m heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago: to make a formal apology to the Indian Nations for the way we treated their children for so many years. That’s why I’m…The post

South Lawn 3:50 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Im heading — (Cross-talk.) THE PRESIDENT: Im — (Cross-talk.) THE PRESIDENT: I’m heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago: to make a formal apology to the Indian Nations for the way we treated their children for so many years. That’s why I’m…The post

National Defense UniversityWashington, D.C. MR. SULLIVAN: Good morning, everyone. And thanks so much for that introduction, Lieutenant Colonel Grewal. And I also want to thank the National War College for bringing us all together today. And I want to thank my colleagues from across the intelligence community and DOD, as well as from the NSC,…The post