Brian T. Baenig , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture bio
Margaret Bartley , of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years bio
Mary Beth Leonard , of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mali bio
Gloria Wilson Shelton , of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years bio Source
The President addressed the nation from the White House on his schedule for drawing down American troops from Afghanistan. Transcript Video
Day884/June23rd/Thursday: The President and Vice President Joe Biden met with members of the United States House of Representatives Democratic leadership at the White House to talk about the progress being made towards a balanced framework for deficit reduction. Source
The President made telephone calls to Armenian President Serzh Sargsian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in advance of their upcoming summit on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was to host in Kazan, Russia on June 24, 2011. Readout
The President made a surprise visit to a group of community leaders at the White House. Video
The President informed the United States Congress that he had decided the Western Balkans emergency would continue in effect beyond June 26, 2011. Source NOTICE
The President informed the United States Congress that he had decided, " Because the existence and the risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States ," the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 would continue for another year. Source NOTICE
The President declared a major disaster existed in the State of Indiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and straight-line winds occurring on April 19, 2011, and April 22 to May 2, 2011, and flooding resulting from those storms beginning on April 19, 2011, and continuing. Federal funding was made available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding in the counties of Benton, Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Martin, Monroe, Ohio, Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Starke, Sullivan, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Washington. Federal funding was also made available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. Source
The President sent these nominations to the United States Senate:
Steven R. Frank , of Pennsylvania, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years bio
Jennifer Guerin Zipps , of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona bio
Rosemary MÃ ¡rquez , of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona bio
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