New Unemployment Numbers Better Than Expected, But Not Good Enough, Says Obama

President Barack Obama said Friday that while February's unemployment numbers are better than expected, the U.S. still needs to do better. The president adds that his administration is determined to improve the employment situation. (0:53)
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It's Ridiculous That The UC President Makes More Than Obama, Says California Campus Activist

Amid student protests in California, UC Santa Cruz activist Don Kingsbury says the UC administration has misplaced its priorities.

“We think it’s ridiculous that the UC president makes more than the President of the United States,” he told Talk Radio News. (0:18)
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Obama Says His Health Care Proposal Won't Hurt People Who Have And Like Their Insurance

During a speech Wednesday, President Barack Obama says under his healthcare proposal, Americans that like their insurance plans will be able to keep them. (0:23)

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President Obama Hopes The Health Care Summit Will Be Productive, Not Theater

President Obama said during the health care summit on Thursday that he hopes the summit can be productive and not political theater. (0:44)
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Health Care Bill Raises Premium Costs And Taxes, Charges Republican Senator

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said during the White House health care summit on Thursday that the health care legislation proposed by Democrats will raise taxes as well as premium costs. (0:53)
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Obama Health Proposal Would Prohibit Some Insurance Rate Increases, Says Democrat Schakowsky

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) says during a hearing on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's health reform proposal has measures in place that would help prevent insurance companies from randomy raising their customers' rates. (0:26)
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Credit Card Companies Will No Longer Be Able To Deceive Customers, Says Treasury Official

During a conference call with reporters on Monday, Treasury Department official Michael Barr says the CARD Act, which went into effect today, was put into law to prevent credit card companies from playing "hide the ball" with their customers. (:33)
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Administration Would've Liked CARD Act To Take Effect Earlier, Says Treasury Official

During a conference call with reporters on Monday, Treasury Department official Michael Barr says the administration would've liked for the CARD Act, a major credit card reform bill that went into effect today, to be implemented as soon as it was signed into law by the President nine months ago. Barr adds that the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) will ensure that such future laws are put into effect sooner. (:19)
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$8 Billion Loan Guarantee For Nuclear Power Hopefully The First Of Many, Says White House Official

Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner says that she is hopeful that the $8 billion loan guarantee announced Tuesday to help construct a nuclear power plant is the first of many. (0:19)
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White House Told China That Obama Would Meet With Dalai Lama, Says Gibbs

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says during his briefing on Friday that White House officials told Chinese officials during President Barack Obama's visit a few months back that he would be inviting the Dalai Lama to visit Washington. (:21)
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CBS Pollsters "Called The Wrong People," Says Gibbs

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, responding to a question from CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Mark Knoller about a new CBS News poll that found only 12% of Americans felt that they received a tax cut last year, quips back that the news organization's pollsters "called the wrong people." (:05)
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Obama May Make Recess Appointments, Says Gibbs

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says during his briefing on Friday that President Barack Obama is considering making appointments during the Congressional recess if Senate Republicans continue to use "stall tactics" to prevent nominees from being seated. (:12)
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Obama Has Not Ruled Out Trying KSM In New York, Says Gibbs

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says during his briefing on Friday that President Barack Obama is playing an active role in helping decide where to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Gibbs says the President has not ruled out trying KSM in a federal court in New York. (:26)
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Education Budget Aimed At Turning Around "Chronically-Failing" Schools, Says Secretary Duncan

Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan says during a confernce call on Monday to outline his department's proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year that a certain amount of funding will go toward "turning around" badly-performing public schools, like those in the District of Columbia. (:33)
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President Obama Sends Budget Off To Congress

Standing in the Grand Foyer of the White House President Obama talked about the budget that was sent over to Congress this morning. The President spoke of the challenges facing the nation, and jobs lost in the last year. Obama also discussed tax cuts, large investment in clean energy, education goals and freeze in government spending. Furthermore, he is proposing a bipartisan fiscal commission to hammer out concrete deficit reductions. (10:18)

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McCain: Fixing The Budget Requires Hatchets And Scalpels

On Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) responds to comments his opponent in the 2008 presidential election -- then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) -- made about McCain not being serious enough on cutting spending. (:31)
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Spending Freeze Is A Plan Of Necessity, Says White House Official

Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Rob Nabors says that the president's spending freeze is a plan of necessity and programs will be looked at individually. (0:30)
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Privacy Expert Claims Obama Knows Full Body Scanners Are Ineffective

Professor Jeff Rosen, a law scholar at Georgetown, states that Obama knows that fully body scanners are ineffective, but hold political benefits. Rosen goes on to state his hope that Obama will resist the urge to engage in "feel-good security theater." (0:35)
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Why Was The President Surprised By The Outcome In Massachusetts?

White House Correspondent Victoria Jones asks Press Secretary Robert Gibbs why the president was surprised by the outcome in the Massachusetts Senate race, if the president is out of touch. Gibbs responds that he as well was surprised, but he clarifies that they were not surprised on the night of the election but over the course of days leading up to the election. (1:30)
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Obama: Objective Of Fee Is Not To Punish Wall Street

President Barack Obama says that the purpose of his proposed financial crisis responsibility fee and other reforms is not to punish Wall Street, but rather to ensure the prevention of future financial collapses. (:13)
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