by Jenna Brayton | May 25, 2015 | Monitor
This Memorial Day morning, President Obama traveled to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia to pay solemn tribute to the men and women of our armed forces who have made the ultimate sacrifice. President Barack Obama participates in a Memorial Day wreath...
by David Hudson | May 23, 2015 | Monitor
President Barack Obama tapes the Weekly Address in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 22, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) In this week’s address, the President commemorated Memorial Day by paying tribute to the men and women in...
by Galen Main | May 7, 2015 | Monitor
We periodically feature an exchange between the President and an American who wrote him. Check back soon for more — and if you'd like to write the President yourself, you can do so here. I work in the Office of Presidential Correspondence, and one of the...
by Jenna Brayton | Feb 12, 2015 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube Today, President Obama signed the Clay Hunt Act into law in the East Room of the White House. The new suicide prevention law is named in honor of Clay Hunt, an extraordinary young Texan and decorated Marine who served with distinction in Iraq and...
by Michelle Obama | Jan 20, 2015 | Monitor
Every day, tens of thousands of Americans write to our family. Some of their letters make us laugh. Some of their letters tear at our hearts. A lot of their letters remind Barack and me of our own lives. But all of their letters keep us connected to the stories of...