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THE PRESIDENT :  Thank you very much.  Please be seated.  Good morning, everybody.  Thank you, Secretary Panetta, for your introduction and for your incredible service to our country.  To General Dempsey, Major General Linnington, Kathryn Condon, Chaplain Berry, all of you who are here today -- active duty, veterans, family and friends of the fallen -- thank you for allowing me the privilege of joining you in this sacred place to commemorate Memorial Day. These 600 acres are home to Americans from every part of the country who gave their lives in every corner of the globe.  When a revolution needed to be waged and a Union needed to be saved, they left their homes and took up arms for the sake of an idea.  From the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan, they stepped forward and answered the call.  They fought for a home they might never return to; they fought for buddies they would never forget.  And while their stories...

Earlier this month, US Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar  unveiled the Obama Administration’s National Tourism and Travel Strategy – delivering on President Barack Obama ’s call in January for a national strategy to promote domestic and international travel opportunities throughout the United States. The document was the result of a Task Force on Travel & Competitiveness that President Obama called for in January 2012, to find ways to make the United States a world-leader in the travel and tourism industry.  “Tens of millions of tourists from all over the world come and visit America every year.  They stay in our hotels, they eat at our restaurants, they visit our attractions, and they help create jobs.  At a time when too many Americans are still looking for work, we need to make it easier for more people to visit this country and keep our economy growing,” said President Obama. The report was immediately hailed...

American poet Billy Collins , US poet laureate from 2001-2003, gave a reading at the home of American Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney earlier this week in Dublin, according to the US Embassy in Dublin . Among other selections, he read his poem, Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House . To get involved in the Obama reelection campaign, visit Barack Obama .   Follow Obama_IrishUSA on Twitter .

Dan Rooney , US Ambassador to Ireland, along with his wife Patricia, dedicated Ireland's first memorial to the victims of 9/11 in Ballaghaderreen , County Roscommon, on Friday, April 27, 2012.  The ceremony took place at the town's Fire Station . "This memorial is unique and there is nothing of its kind anywhere in the country. It has been a number of years in the making and was conceived as a way to express solidarity with our brotherhood, the firemen and policemen who lost their lives in 9/11 and to mark the sacrifice that was made by them,"  said Michael Frain, one of the firemen involved in the memorial. To get involved in the Obama reelection campaign, visit Barack Obama .   Follow Obama_IrishUSA on Twitter .

" When President Theodore Roosevelt first took office over a century ago, he embarked on a tour of the American West that would change his life and the life of our Nation forever.  He traveled from Yellowstone's geysers, to Yosemite's granite cliffs, to Dakota's Badlands, ever moved by the natural wonders of which he and all Americans were proud inheritors.  As he explored wild country, he heard a call to preserve our country's heritage that echoed throughout our forests and river valleys.  He remarked of the Grand Canyon, "the ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it." " From that sense of commitment sprang five National Parks, 18 National Monuments, 51 Federal bird reservations, and 150 National Forests.  From that commitment sprang an effort to save the great Redwoods of California and the Petrified Forest of Arizona, the great bird rocks of the Aleutian Islands and the Tongass of Alaska.  President Roosevelt inspir...

PRESIDENT OBAMA :  Well, welcome to the White House.  This does not sound like a shy crowd.  (Laughter.) As you may have noticed, today is not, in fact, St. Patrick's Day.  (Laughter.)  We just wanted to prove that America considers Ireland a dear and steadfast friend every day of the year.  (Applause.)  Some of you may have noticed we even brought the cherry blossoms out early for our Irish and Northern Irish visitors.  And we will be sure to plant these beautiful shamrocks right away. I want to welcome back my good friend, Taoiseach Kenny, his extraordinary wife, Fionnuala.  This has been our third working visit in just over a year, and each one has been better than the last.  I've had the pleasure to welcome back First Minister Peter Robinson, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of Northern Ireland, as well. And, everyone, please welcome my new friends from Moneygall, my long-lost cousin, Henry....

(March 20, 2012) THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Please.  Well, thank you, John.  Thank you, everybody.  I know we are all glad to welcome Taoiseach Kenny and his lovely wife back to Washington.  Technically, you may be aware, it is not St. Patrick’s Day.  (Laughter.)  Of course, technically, most Americans who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day are not Irish.  So it’s a wash.  (Laughter.) I want to thank our top Irishman in the White house, Joe Biden, who is here, and Speaker Boehner, for being such a gracious host.  I want to welcome Ambassador Collins and Mrs. Collins; distinguished members of the House and the Senate; leaders from Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Britain.  Thank you all for coming. I always think about how every Taoiseach must leave this luncheon marveling at how cheerful and bipartisan Washington is....