‘White House’ Archives
Obama – The Future of our Fight against Terrorism – Speech Text
The Future of our Fight against Terrorism Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery National Defense University May 23, 2013 As Prepared for Delivery -- It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as our compass through every type of change. Matters of war and peace are no different. Americans are deeply ambivalent about war, but having fought for our independence, we know that a price must be paid for freedom. From [...]
Radio personality Mark Levin calls for ending the IRS
It is time for federal terrorism to end. Mark Levin says end the IRS! By Doc Vega Since 1997 Mark Levin, nationally syndicated conservatives talk show host, has called for Americans to end the IRS. Is it any wonder in light of the recent revelations as we have discovered that the IRS has been used as a tool of harassment and political bias to intimidate those who oppose administrations on Capitol Hill? Is it any wonder that Americans are tired of being terrified into tax compliance by a draconian agency that does not acknowledge Constitutional rights? Is it any wonder that those who are enlightened are angry over the federal government using fear and threats to confiscate our hard earned money to be thrown down a black hole of federal government deficit spending that is most [...]
Congressman Pete Sessions proposes anti-IRS enforced healthcare bill
Congressman Pete Sessions proposes sanity into Obamacare tyranny! By Doc Vega Apparently, neither the American people, nor the House of Representatives, who were a Republican minority prior to November of 2010, paid enough attention to the Affordable Healthcare Reform Act or Obamacare as it is known. With some 20,000 pages of legal information released and still intentionally incomprehensible, 16,000 new agents hired under the terms of the nationalized medicine act, and 1/6 of the entire US economy tied up by this perverse legislation, we can be assured that the Hippocratic Oath has little to do with the rationed social medicine that will be practiced in this country. Obamacare is not about revamping the medical industry to provide better quality care for the population. It [...]
Obama Appoints Daniel Werfel as Acting Commissioner of IRS
President Obama Appoints Daniel Werfel as Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue WASHINGTON – President Obama today announced the appointment of Daniel Werfel as Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, effective Wednesday, May 22. As Acting Commissioner, Mr. Werfel will lead efforts to ensure the IRS implements new safeguards to restore public trust and administers the tax code with fairness and integrity. Mr. Werfel has agreed to serve through the end of the fiscal year. President Obama said, “Throughout his career working in both Democratic and Republican administrations, Danny has proven an effective leader who serves with professionalism, integrity and skill. The American people deserve to have the utmost confidence and trust in their government, and as we work to [...]
Obama Statement on IG Report on IRS Scandal
Statement by the President I have now had the opportunity to review the Treasury Department watchdog’s report on its investigation of IRS personnel who improperly targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. And the report’s findings are intolerable and inexcusable. The federal government must conduct itself in a way that’s worthy of the public’s trust, and that’s especially true for the IRS. The IRS must apply the law in a fair and impartial way, and its employees must act with utmost integrity. This report shows that some of its employees failed that test. I’ve directed Secretary Lew to hold those responsible for these failures accountable, and to make sure that each of the Inspector General’s recommendations are implemented quickly, so that such [...]
Transcript: White House Press Briefing – IRS – DOJ – Benghazi May 14, 2013
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY (transcript) May 14, 2013 MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. I appreciate your attendance. And I have no announcements to make at the top, so I'll go straight to the Associated Press. Q Thanks, Jay. For fear of stating the obvious, the White House right now is confronting a confluence of issues -- Benghazi talking points, IRS reviews of political groups, Justice Department review of journalists’ phone records. And in every instance, either the President or you have placed the burden of responsibility someplace else. On the Benghazi talking points, it’s been political motivations on the Hill. On the IRS, it’s been the bureaucrats at the IRS. [...]
Major Naval Commander speaks out on Benghazi
Let us not forget the massacre of Americans in Benghazi By Doc Vega Never in the history of the United States has a major military commander of the rank and distinguished record as this gentlemen has ever felt obligated to intervene over a foreign diplomacy failure as has been demonstrated by Four Star Admiral James Lyons. In an interview in September within days of the massacre at Benghazi the former Navy commander made some excellent points that could only lead us to the conclusion that the deaths of American diplomatic employees at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya was not only unnecessary, but was intentional on the part of the Obama State Department. Not in a long time Not since Truman forced General MacArthur to resign over differences in the Korean conflict has there been such a [...]
President Obama’s Schedule May 13 – 17, 2013
President Obama's Schedule for the Week of May 13, 2013 On Monday May 13 In the morning, the President will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom at the White House. The Prime Minister’s visit will highlight the fundamental importance of the U.S.-UK relationship – through which together we address a broad range of shared global and regional security concerns. There will be a pool spray at the top of the meeting. Later in the morning, the President and Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom will hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden. The joint press conference is open press. In the afternoon, the President will travel to New York City. The departure from the South Lawn and the arrival at John F. Kennedy International [...]
Larry Kudlow calls IRS targeting of conservative non-profit groups a Stalinist witch hunt
Tea Party organizations had no idea they were being targeted by the White House using the IRS to discourage conservative activism! By Doc Vega Economist commentator, Larry Kudlow of MSNBC, one of the few sane voices in that news agency, characterized the latest news of IRS targeting of patriot and Tea Party non-profit organizations with unwarranted demands for information on donors, identifying political ideology of the supporters, the names of these people, along with unprovoked audits of these legal entities as a Stalinist witch hunt. The deadly caveat of the threat of perjury was also imposed upon these conservative groups demonstrating a definite agenda by the Obama White House. IRS knew charges were coming When Lois Lerner announced to the National BAR association that [...]
Transcript: White House Press Briefing – Benghazi – IRS – May 10, 2013
PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY James S. Brady Press Briefing Room MR. CARNEY: Good Friday afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. I appreciate your patience. Before I take your questions, I just wanted to note, because it’s been reported, we did, as many of you know, have a background briefing here at the White House earlier. I think 14 news organizations were represented, ranging from online to broadcast TV, print and the like. And we do those periodically. We hope that participants find them helpful. I will say that no one here believes that briefings like that are substitute for this briefing, which is why I’m here today to take questions on whatever issues you want to ask me about. And with that, I will go to the [...]
