And my Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, is here today, and is doing an outstanding job leading that effort.
In fact, my Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, will be leading another trade mission to India in the next few months.
First of all, my Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood, from Peoria, Illinois, is here. (Applause.) The mayor of Hamtramck, Karen Majewski, is here.
First of all, my Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is here.
An integral part of that course will be health care reform--and she will work closely with my secretary of Health and Human Services on that issue.
When Ken Salazar became my Secretary of the Interior, one of his very first acts was to clean up the worst of the corruption at this agency.
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And that's why our administration has initiated something called Race to the Top, where my Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has helped to design a competition among states so that they can foster the kinds of excellence in learning everywhere.
And my question to you is that I know that my Secretary of State -- and I support you and him -- we should not look at just different schools, but we should look at all of our children in all of our schools and target that, because no one school does not have our problems.
First of all, my outstanding Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is in the house. (Applause.) Superintendant of Columbus City Schools, Dr. Gene T.
My wonderful Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, is in the house.
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She's not on the card, but -- (applause.) My outstanding Secretary of Agriculture, who I plucked from Iowa, Tom Vilsack and his wonderful wife Christie Vilsack. (Applause.) We've got the Attorney General of Iowa, one of my co-chairs when I ran in the Iowa caucus and nobody could pronounce my name -- Tom Miller. (Applause.) My other co-chair, Mike Fitzgerald, Treasurer of Iowa. (Applause.) We got the Iowa Secretary of State, Mike Mauro.
And three of my outstanding members of my Cabinet who worked tirelessly on this issue, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack -- it happens to be his birthday today.
During my last tour as secretary of defense, I found it not uncommon to walk into meetings in the White House Situation Room and see more than a dozen people packed in.
Along with my co-hosts Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nicole Lamb-Hale and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, I would like to personally thank the talented health, technology, and professional services representatives who took time out from their schedules to ensure that our Health IT sector remains competitive both at home and abroad.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military advisor to me and my national security team, including the Secretary of Defense.
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But because of the management of this program by Secretary Geithner and my economic team, we've now recovered the majority of the funds provided to banks.
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"If confirmed as secretary of Commerce, my mission will be to create a place where ideas and energy can thrive, " Evans said.
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So with that, I would like to introduce my nominee to be our next Secretary of Labor, give him a chance to say a few words.
He considered that, through my election to the position of Secretary-General, the United Nations would at last give the African Continent an opportunity to contribute to the progress of the whole international community.
"I understood that the solicitor suggested (in the presence of myself and my secretary) that since the DSCC accepted contributions only from U.S. citizens, a U.S. citizen should contribute on my behalf, " Kramer is quoted as saying in the FEC files.
But from Thad Allen, our National Incident Coordinator, through the most junior member of the Coast Guard, or the under-under-under secretary of NOAA, or any of the agencies under my charge, they understand this is the single most important thing that we have to get right.
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"You couldn't get a cigarette paper between my views and the views of the secretary of state for defence, " he added.
On my near right is Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.
Today, my colleagues Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins made an announcement that brings these forces together.
As I think was advertised, I have with me Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on my right, and to my left, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rich Cordray.
It directs my administration, under the leadership of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, to develop a standard to improve fuel efficiency and reduce harmful emissions for trucks, starting with the model year 2014.
And in order to maximise our contribution to all the new challenges of peacekeeping, humanitarian work and stabilisation and reconstruction, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary for Defence is also announcing this afternoon that - as part of a wider review - the Government will now examine how our reserve forces can more effectively help with stabilisation and economic reconstruction in post-conflict zones around the world.
So I appointed my Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, and my budget director, Jack Lew, to work with representatives of both parties to break through this logjam.
When I announced Kathleen as my choice for HHS Secretary, I said that one of her responsibilities would be to make certain our nation is prepared for a pandemic.
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