Public Papers Of The Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama 2016-2017 Book I

This book contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States Barack Obama, that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the period 2016-17 Book 1. The material has been compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.

The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the text note. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy: Remarks are checked against an audio recording, and signed documents are checked against the original. Text notes and cross references have been provided by the editors for purposes of identification or clarity. Speeches were delivered in Washington, DC, unless otherwise indicated. The times noted are local times. All materials that are printed in full text in the book have been indexed in the subject and name indexes and listed in the document categories list.

Foreword  v

Preface  vii

Cabinet  xi

Public Papers of Barack Obama, January 1–June 30, 2016  1

Appendix A Digest of Other White House Announcements 859

Appendix B Nominations Submitted to the Senate  901

Appendix C Checklist of White House Press Releases  909

Appendix D Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register 927

Subject Index A–1

Name Index B–1

Document Categories List C–1

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