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D-Day
Includes VideoCeremony : Lyndon Johnson once said that there are certain moments when "...history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom." D-Day was such a moment. One ... for eternity, and those who are with us here today. Perhaps more than any other reason, you, the veterans of that landing, are why we still remember what happened on D-Day. You're why we keep coming back. For you remind us that in the end, human destiny ... have stayed in those planes. You could have hid in the hedgerows or waited behind the seawall. You could have done only what was necessary to ensure your own survival. But that's not what you did. That's not the story you told on D-Day. Your ...
President Obama Marks the 65th D-Day Anniversary
Audio/VideoThe President commemorates the day 160,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi control. June 6, 2009 (public domain) ...
Remarks by the President in Presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry
who through a decade of war have earned their place among the greatest of generations. During World War II, on D-Day, it was the Rangers of D Company who famously scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc. After 9/11, we learned again —- “Rangers Lead ... President Reagan once said of those Rangers who took the cliffs on D-Day -— “These are the heroes who helped end a war.” I would ask all of our Rangers —- members of the 9/11 generation —- to stand and accept the thanks of a grateful nation ... of our security during a hard decade of sacrifice. I want to take you back to the circumstances that led to this day. It’s May 26, 2008, in the remote east of Afghanistan, near the mountainous border of Pakistan. Helicopters carrying dozens ...
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 6/6/2011
1:50 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House. It is Monday, June 6, 2011. Before we get started I just want to give you -- Q D-Day. MR. CARNEY: It is D-Day, a magnificent day in our history and the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime. Let me give you a brief readout of the President’s monthly meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan, if I may. The President led his monthly meeting ... that they disagree on? MR. CARNEY: I think I’d need something a little specific than that. Q How about the IMF, and specifically funding for Greece, which is looking for further -- possibly further bailout money? Does the United States ...
Medal of Honor for Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry
Audio/VideoPresident Obama awards Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in Paktya, Afghanistan in May, 2008. ...
Press Briefing
Audio/VideoWhite House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. ...
Post-9/11 GI Bill: Providing the Opportunity Our Troops Have Earned
Includes Videoto millions of veterans, but helped define a generation. The President explained that today, it is even more important that we give our veterans the tools to succeed: The GI Bill was approved just weeks after D-Day, and carried with it a simple promise ...
Remarks by the President at D-Day 65th Anniversary Ceremony
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ____________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 5, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT D-DAY 65TH ANNIVERSARY ... in countless books and films and speeches. And long after our time on this Earth has passed, one word will still bring forth the pride and awe of men and women who will never meet the heroes who sit before us: D-Day. Why is this? Of all the battles ... . And by the end of the day, against all odds, the ground on which we stand was free once more. The sheer improbability of this victory is part of what makes D-Day so memorable. It also arises from the clarity of purpose with which this war was waged. We ...
Remarks by the President on the Post-9/11 Gi Bill at George Mason University
this war for us." That is precisely what the American people did. The GI Bill was approved just weeks after D-Day, and carried with it a simple promise to all who had served: You pick the school, we'll help pick up the bill. And what ...
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, General McChrystal, and Ambassador Eikenberry
. This is going to take quite some time. There won’t be -- as was mentioned in the meeting -- there won’t be some D-Day-like moment. Q No frontal assault on Monday -- MR. GIBBS: Yes, this is -- and I think that speaks to the importance ... 1:31 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: We figured since it was a horribly slow news day here at the White House, that -- and in preparation for President Karzai’s visit later in the week, we have -- lucky to have two individuals with us -- Ambassador Karl ... questions, and then let them get back to work. General. GENERAL McCHRYSTAL: Thanks. Good afternoon. I’m pleased to be here this week to participate in President Karzai’s visit to the United States. I’d like to start by recognizing the courage ...
