Items Tagged with "President Barack Obama"
Article | Women's History Month - March 2015
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March 6, 2015
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
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March 6, 2015
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Video | Obama Acknowledges Military Impact on the Ebola Epidemic
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October 16, 2014
President Obama acknowledged the strides made by United Assistance after meeting with military leaders from more than 20 countries. Video by Tech. Sgt. Nathaniel Parry | DoD News | Date: 10.15.2014
Article | USARAF team helping fight Ebola outbreak in West Africa
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October 7, 2014
MONROVIA, Liberia – More than 50 personnel from U.S. Army Africa are on the ground in Liberia responding to a request from U.S. President Barack Obama to assist in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in the region.
Article | Obama: U.N. Will Mobilize Countries to Fight Ebola Outbreak
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September 25, 2014
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2014 – In a speech this morning before the United Nations Security Council summit on foreign terrorist fighters, President Barack Obama likened this distant yet urgent problem to another remote but rising global threat -- the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.
Article | First Shipment of the Ramped Up U.S. Military Response to Ebola Arrives in Liberia
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September 19, 2014
A C-17 U.S. military aircraft arrived in Liberia Thursday with the first shipment of increased U.S. military equipment and personnel for the anti-Ebola fight, which was promised by President Barack Obama in a speech September 16 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Article | Statement by the President on the Attack in Benghazi
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September 12, 2012
I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts and
Article | PRESS STATEMENT: Adoption of Somalia's Provisional Constitution
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August 3, 2012
Following is a press statement by Hillary Rodham Clinton, August 2, 2012, on the adoption of Somalia's Provisional Constitution.
Article | Ham: Africa Presents Opportunity, Challenges
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June 20, 2012
For decades, Africa was arguably the most overlooked continent on the globe, with U.S. military involvement there shared among three combatant commands and engagement activities episodic at best.
Article | Security Leaders Briefed on New U.S. Africa Strategy at Africa Center Seminar
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June 20, 2012
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) opened its annual Senior Leaders Seminar on June 18, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, during which keynote speaker Amanda J. Dory, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa Policy, for the
Article | Strategy Guides Africa Engagement, Defense Official Says
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June 19, 2012
The U.S. military is working with partner forces in Africa to build security on the continent, the Pentagon's senior Africa expert said, June 18, 2012.
In her keynote speech, Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant secretary of defense
In her keynote speech, Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant secretary of defense
Article | U.S. Supports Pushback Against Lord's Resistance Army
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April 26, 2012
For more information on U.S. policy to counter the Lord's Resistance Army, see video and testimony transcripts at
Article | U.S. Delegation Congratulates Senegal's New President
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April 3, 2012
The new president of Senegal took his oath of office April 2, 2012 with a delegation of top U.S. officials applauding his inauguration.
Article | U.S. Sends Aid, Urges End to Sudan–South Sudan Violence
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April 2, 2012
President Obama expressed concern about growing tensions between Sudan and South Sudan when speaking April 2, 2012 to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir about the clashes in the border region between the two East African nations.
Article | Presidential Proclamation -- Women's History Month, 2012
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March 8, 2012
Presidential Proclamation -- Women's History Month, 2012
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, 2012
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Article | Commander: Countering Extremists Tops AFRICOM's Priorities
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March 2, 2012
In its mission to strengthen the defense capabilities of African states, U.S. Africa Command considers countering extremist organizations its top job, Army General Carter F. Ham, AFRICOM commander, said February 29, 2012.
Article | U.S. Military Advisers to Support African Fight Against LRA
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December 13, 2011
U.S. troops serving as advisers in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are beginning to deploy from Uganda to LRA-affected areas to support ongoing regional military efforts to stop the organization's ability to terrorize
Article | Malaria Remains a Pronounced Threat to U.S. Service Members in Africa
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December 2, 2011
He was attacked but he didn't know it; he didn't know he was dying. It took two days before he started feeling something might be wrong. A headache that wouldn't go away, an upset stomach. He was a bit warm, but who wouldn't be
Article | Official: Troops in Central Africa for Months, Not Years
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October 26, 2011
About a hundred U.S. troops being deployed to Central Africa will be there for months -- not years -- and only until the national armies of the region are capable of dismantling the terrorist group known as the Lord's Resistance Army, a senior
Article | Obama Congratulates Libyans on Their Liberation Day
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October 24, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated the Libyan people on their Liberation Day, saying the nation is beginning a "new era of promise."
In Tripoli, leaders of the Transitional National Council declared October 23, 2011 Liberation
In Tripoli, leaders of the Transitional National Council declared October 23, 2011 Liberation