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April 27, 2012

Background Briefing by Senior Administration Official on the Visit of Prime Minister Noda of Japan

April 26, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Verdict in the Charles Taylor Trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone

April 26, 2012

Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden on Foreign Policy at a Camapaign Event

April 26, 2012

Statement by the President on Israeli Independence Day

April 24, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Horn of Africa Humanitarian Crisis

April 24, 2012

Presidential Memorandum -- Delegation of Reporting Functions Specified in Section 8 of the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004, as Amended

April 24, 2012

Statement by the President on Armenian Remembrance Day

April 23, 2012

Statement by the President on Timor-Leste’s Election

April 23, 2012

Fact Sheet: Sanctions Against Those Complicit in Grave Human Rights Abuses Via Information Technology in Syria and Iran

April 23, 2012

Executive Order -- Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Certain Persons with Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology

April 23, 2012

Letter -- Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Certain Persons with Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology

April 23, 2012

Fact Sheet: A Comprehensive Strategy and New Tools to Prevent and Respond to Atrocities

April 18, 2012

FACT SHEET: Release of National Security Report on Revising U.S. Export Controls on Satellites

April 17, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Visit by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan

April 15, 2012

Remarks by President Obama and President Santos of Colombia in Joint Press Conference

April 15, 2012

HOJA INFORMATIVA: LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Y COLOMBIA

April 15, 2012

FACT SHEET: The United States and Colombia

April 14, 2012

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes

April 14, 2012

Remarks of President Barack Obama -- As Prepared for Delivery -- Summit of the Americas Opening Plenary

April 14, 2012

Fact Sheet: Summit of the Americas: Connecting the Americas

April 13, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on Guinea Bissau

April 13, 2012

Fact Sheet: Small Business Network of the Americas

April 13, 2012

Fact Sheet: The U.S. Economic Relationship with the Western Hemisphere

April 12, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on North Korea’s Missile Launch

April 12, 2012

Readout of the President’s Video Teleconference with President Sarkozy of France

April 11, 2012

Readout of the President’s Call with Chancellor Merkel of Germany

April 11, 2012

Press Briefing by Ben Rhodes and Dan Restrepo to Preview the President's Trip to the Summit of the Americas

April 11, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Situation in Bahrain

April 11, 2012

Readout of Vice President Biden’s Meeting with Vice President Sambo of Nigeria

April 10, 2012

Notice -- Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Somalia

April 10, 2012

Letter -- Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Somalia

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: The United States and Brazil: A Growing Partnership

April 09, 2012

Remarks by President Obama and President Rousseff of Brazil after Bilateral Meeting

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Brazil Defense Cooperation

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: the United States and Brazil Facilitating Travel and Exchange

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: The U.S.-Brazil Strategic Energy Dialogue

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: Strengthening the U.S.-Brazil Economic Relationship

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Cooperation

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: The U.S.-Brazil Global Partnership Dialogue

April 09, 2012

Fact Sheet: The U.S.-Brazil Economic Relationship

April 07, 2012

Statement by NSC Spokesman Tommy Vietor on Malawi

April 06, 2012

Statement by the President on the 18th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda

April 05, 2012

Readout of Vice President Biden’s Meeting with Prime Minister Thaçi of Kosovo

April 04, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Attack on the National Theater in Mogadishu, Somalia

April 03, 2012

Statement by NSC Spokesman Tommy Vietor on Sudan

April 03, 2012

Readout of the President’s Call with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki

April 02, 2012

Joint Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada

April 02, 2012

Readout of the President’s Call with President Kiir

April 02, 2012

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Elections in Burma

April 01, 2012

President Obama’s Final Intervention at the end of the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit