President Barack Obama spoke to reporters, hours after the 16-day government shutdown caused "completely unnecessary damage on [the] economy," he said from the White House. The Senate voted 81-18 and the House of Representatives voted 285-144 to end the shutdown, which enables the government's power to borrow money
34-year-old William Swenson, a former U.S. Army captain whose actions in a deadly battle during the War in Afghanistan, received the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, Sky News reported. President Barack Obama honored Capt. Swenson for his brave actions in a lengthy battle against the Taliban in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on September 8, 2009.
President Barack Obama urged Congress to reopen government and raise the debt limit immediately, while visiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Monday
President Barack Obama blamed House Speaker John Boehner for the government shutdown, which did not show any let up in its third day, The Associated Press reported. In addition to the House Speaker, Obama also blamed a small group of conservative Republicans who want "to extract concessions in exchange for passing a short term spending bill that would restart the partially stuttered government."
