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Vice President Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 9, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Biden spoke on "common-sense measures to reduce gun violence."(Photo: Alex Wong, )Story HighlightsVice President ...

South Court Auditorium Eisenhower Executive Office Building 12:43 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. As you know, the President announced today from the Rose Garden that he has submitted -- ...

Eisenhower Executive Office Building Washington, D.C. 11:39 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Hello! (Applause.) Good afternoon -- morning. It's still morning. How is everyone? You all, rest yourselves. (Laughter.) I hear we've been keeping you pretty ...

The American "pervert" was defined, codified and banned from public service by an executive order signed by President Dwight Eisenhower, effective 60 years ago this month (May 27). The American pervert was a "criminal, infamous, dishonest" being.

When President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Columbia River Treaty with Canada as one of his last official acts in January of 1961, global warming did not rank as a public concern. Fifty-two years later, it's a far different story: Scientific models ...

Washington, DC Sam Nunn Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NTI I join Joan in thanking all of you very much for joining us at tonights dinner. I especially want to thank our panelists: Graham Allison, Brooke Anderson, Laura Holgate and Andy ...

Pressure is building on hospital executives and managers to substantially reduce operating costs, maintain a profit margin and improve the patient experience. The largest component of the hospital operating budget is the supply chain. Getting ...

Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Director of National Drug Control Policy, R. Gil Kerlikowske, Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West and Associate Director of Latino Affairs ...

On Monday, Loflin planted America's first industrial hemp crop since around the Eisenhower administration. According to the Denver Post, Loflin is using 60 acres previously reserved for alfalfa to cultivate the test plots, and with a partner he's ...