Obama consults with security team, speaks on stimulus, celebrates Diwali

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will personally join members of the Asian American community to celebrate Diwali, 'the festival of lights', at the White House next week. "At the East Room ceremony, the president will observe Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, a holiday celebrated across faiths on Oct 14," the White House announced Friday.

October 7th, 2009 President meets with national security teamWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama continues a series of consultations on U.S. policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan on Wednesday, meeting this time with his national security team.

October 5th, 2009 President Barack Obama speaks with doctors from all over the country who are joining him in pushing for health insurance reform in the Rose Garden of the White House.

October 1st, 2009 Obama: 'America is stronger' after stimulus billWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says "America is stronger" because of the stimulus bill. That was the president's message Thursday during remarks at a Washington fundraiser for the Democratic Governors Association.

August 18th, 2009 Cantor: Stimulus not working as well as advertisedWASHINGTON — A member of the House Republican leadership says he doesn't think the $787 billion economic stimulus program the Obama administration pushed through Congress earlier this year has worked as advertised. House GOP Whip Eric Cantor of Richmond said Tuesday that no one should be touting the benefits of stimulus — as Vice President Joe Biden has — at a time when national unemployment is at 9.4 percent.

August 10th, 2009 Obama: Canada trade unhurt by 'Buy American' lawGUADALAJARA, Mexico —President Barack Obama says controversial "buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package have not endangered trade with Canada.

July 31st, 2009 Obama credits stimulus for economy's progressWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the $787 billion economic stimulus program he enacted within weeks of taking office is helping the economy begin to pull itself out of the recession. The Commerce Department reported Friday that the economy contracted at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama: No new stimulus needed, but quicker resultsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is not ready to offer a second stimulus plan even though the economy continues to struggle. The president said Tuesday that more time is needed to assess the effectiveness of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan enacted early this year.

June 8th, 2009 Obama promises more than 600,000 stimulus jobsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States remains in a deep recession that will take considerable time to escape. Obama met at the White House with his top administration officials on Monday to hear an update on his $787 billion spending plan.

May 14th, 2009 Obama defends his stimulus packageRIO RANCHO, N.M. — President Barack Obama says if the government hadn't stepped in to help, the economy would have gone into a tailspin.

May 5th, 2009 Obama celebrates Cinco de Mayo a day earlyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is celebrating Cinco de Mayo a little early. On the eve of the Mexican holiday, Obama on Monday had an event in the East Room of the White House with Mexico's Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan (sahr-oo-KHAN').

April 27th, 2009 Obama's Monday: Day of sports, science, economicsWASHINGTON — A day of science, sports and economics awaits President Barack Obama. Monday morning, the president speaks at the National Academy of Sciences annual meeting.

February 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US lawmakers reached a compromise deal Wednesday on a record economic recovery package, which could allow the plan to pass both houses of Congress before the end of the week. The Senate and House of Representatives ironed out differences in separate versions of the stimulus bill and knocked the total price tag down to $789 billion, including a mixture of tax cuts and government spending projects to pull the US out of its worst recession in decades.

January 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama Friday called for urgent action to stem the country's economic decline, lending his backing to a $825-billion stimulus package introduced by lawmakers a day earlier. But Obama warned that even with a massive injection of public cash into the world's largest economy 'things could get worse before they get better.' 'I want everybody to be realistic about this,' Obama said in a speech at a factory in Ohio.

January 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama Thursday unveiled details of his economic stimulus plan aimed at lifting the US economy out of a deepening recession, and urged the Congress to approve the plan as soon as possible.