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Statement by the President on the 10th Anniversary of the al-Qa'ida Terrorist Attack Against the USS Cole

For Immediate Release We remember today the 17 U.S. sailors who lost their lives ten years ago as a result of an al-Qa’ida terrorist attack against the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen.  These brave men and women were serving their country and helping to maintain security in the Gulf region when al-Qa’ida launched this outrageous attack.     We pay tribute on this day to the courage and sacrifice of those who lost ... on the USS Cole, and we will honor their legacy of selfless service by advancing the values that they stood for throughout their lives. (Statements and Releases, Office of the Press Secretary, The President, Foreign Policy, Veterans) Foreign Policy,Veterans ...

Readout on the President’s Meeting with Family Members of the Victims of the Attacks of September 11th and the Attack on the USS Cole

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release February 6, 2009 READOUT ON THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11th AND THE ATTACK ON THE USS COLE The President met for an hour with approximately 40 family members of the victims of the attacks of September 11th and the attack on the USS Cole. The President started the meeting by thanking those in attendance for serving as the nation’s conscience and continuing to speak out about these tragic events, and he told them that he wanted today’s meeting to be just the beginning of a dialogue ...

Moving the Navy and Marine Corps Off Fossil Fuels

– a lesson we learned all too clearly with the USS COLE. Increasing alternative energy use by the Navy and Marine Corps helps create an alternative energy market.  The Navy uses a third of the fossil fuels consumed by the Federal Government, which ... . For our surface ships, we have developed a hybrid electric drive for the USS MAKIN ISLAND that dramatically increases fuel efficiency.  Over the ship's more than 30-year lifespan, she will save up to $250 million in fuel costs – at today's prices.  As we ...

Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the Killing of Osama bin Laden

for killing thousands of innocent men and women not only on 9/11, but in the 1998 East Africa embassy bombing, the attack of the USS Cole, and many other acts of brutality.      He was the leader of a violent extremist movement with affiliates across ...

Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton Aboard Air Force One en route Buffalo, New York

victims of the USS Cole, and the 9/11 families as well. Q    On the Greek debt crisis, has the President made any more calls to European leaders?  And also, today Chancellor Merkel said it was -- called it an existential crisis that threatened the euro ...

Remarks of John O. Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, on Ensuring al-Qa'ida's Demise -- As Prepared for Delivery

, from the bombings of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania to the attack on the U.S.S. Cole to the attacks of September 11th, which also killed citizens of more than 90 other countries. It is al-Qa’ida’s affiliates—groups that are part of its ...

Press Briefing 2/6/09

-- families of those that were killed in -- first in the USS Cole incident in 2000, and next in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, and wants to discuss his plan to bring about changes in Guantanamo that he believes will make this country safer and bring about the very same swift justice that they desire on behalf of those that they know that have been killed. Q I'm sorry, how does delaying or even renewing the trials make it any swifter? MR. GIBBS: Well, I -- the act that the Cole ... by the terrorist incident with the USS Cole have -- have seen -- they certainly haven't seen this President; I don't believe they saw the last President, either. And the President thought it was important to listen to their very personal cares and their concerns ...

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 5/4/2011

do you say to the families of the victims of 9/11 and the USS Cole and other terrorist acts by al Qaeda if these family members say they want the photo released so they can have some closure?  What’s the White House’s response to that? MR. CARNEY ...

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 10/12/2010

point you to DOJ, as I assume they will analyze the briefing.  Obviously you know the President’s view on changing the law in “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Q    Okay. This is the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the USS Cole.  After becoming President ...

Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 5-21-09

of the bombings of the United States embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, in the bombings that happened in the fall of 2000 for the USS Cole, and other activities with which we have the ability to prosecute people. The process by which -- and I would again, Matt ...