President Barack Obama waves to staff and journalists as he departs the White House
President Barack Obama speaks at the 116th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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President Barack Obama arrives at John. F. Kennedy airport in New York. President Obama is in New York for a taping of “The Daily Show” and a private fundraiser
Pete Souza: President Obama talks with Jon Stewart between segments of The Daily Show.
President Barack Obama smiles as he is shown wooden art made using a laser etcher by James Gyre during his tour of TechShop, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. President Obama traveled to Pittsburgh and visited TechShop, a fabrication and prototyping studio open to the public via paid memberships, to deliver remarks on the economy
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President Barack Obama makes remarks after touring Bakery Square’s TechShop, a membership-based manufacturing workshop in Pittsburgh, that’s a model for the kind of sharing of resources he wants to see more of. The president announced a plan to open the doors of more than 700 federal labs across the country to give innovators access to more than $5 billion in equipment, research and resources to develop new technologies. Additionally, he outlined a $150 million investment in research to support the Materials Genome Investment, a public-private endeavor that aims to reduce the time it takes to develop new materials that can be used in advanced manufacturing
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FACT: More businesses are actively considering bringing production back from China to the U.S. #MadeInAmerica http://t.co/AQP06akS6S
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 17, 2025
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"Eisenhower worked with Democrats to build an Interstate Highway System. Research and development didn't used to be partisan." —Obama
— White House Live (@WHLive) June 17, 2025
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President Barack Obama is shown an example of a 3-D printer by Andy Leer
President Barack Obama speaks about the capture of Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi
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James O’Toole: President Obama Speaks In Pittsburgh About Technology
On a stop at Bakery Square’s TechShop in Larimer this afternoon, President Barack Obama announced a plan to give fledgling businesses expanded access to high-tech resources whether from the government or through wider sharing of private and university-based data and facilities. Administration officials said the access to expensive equipment and facilities is designed to lower the barriers to innovation. The president announced the initiative after a tour of TechShop, a membership-based manufacturing workshop that’s a model for the kind of sharing of resources he wants to promote. Coming the day after Mr. Obama announced an executive order to ban discrimination against members of the LGBT community in federal contracting, the innovation order was one more example of the administration’s efforts to pursue policy initiatives that don’t depend on action by Congress.
During his visit, the president also described new manufacturing investment commitments from 90 mayors cross the country, as well as a plan to provide private-sector innovators with access to expensive federal equipment such as wind tunnels at NASA and supercomputers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The plan would provide access to more than $5 billion worth of research, prototyping and testing equipment at more than 700 federal facilities. The president’s plan aims to give innovators – dubbed “makers” by the White House — access to equipment that no individual or small business could afford on its own, said Jeff Zients, director of the National Economic Council. “[We are] talking about using spare capacity when it’s available to give access to local makers and entrepreneurs,” he said. Mr. Zients said the president’s plan does not require legislative approval and has no cost to the federal government.
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President Barack Obama points to a replica of the Presidential seal that Terry Sandin made during a tour of TechShop
President Barack Obama takes a drink as he listens to a question
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"We've got $2 trillion worth of deferred maintenance." —Obama on why Congress should invest in fixing our roads and bridges #RebuildAmerica
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 17, 2025
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"Our middle class was built in part because unions were able to negotiate weekends & overtime & benefits." —Obama http://t.co/toYHjPHecg
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 17, 2025
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President Barack Obama tours TechShop Pittsburgh with Matt Verlinich, General Manager of TechShop Pittsburgh
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"I want to make sure that if you work hard in this country…you can make it." —Obama on investing in American manufacturing #MadeInAmerica
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 17, 2025
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"I'm a big believer in our kids making stuff." —President Obama at @TechShop: wh.gov/maker-faire #NationOfMakers http://t.co/0V9s7lO70O
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 17, 2025
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with workers
President Barack Obama holds up a wooden snowflake made on a laser etcher
President Barack Obama responds to questions from workers
A Secret Service agent perspires as he keeps watch on President Obama at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: President Barack Obama told an enthusiastic, if steamy crowd this afternoon that the election “isn’t just about two candidates or two parties - it’s about two fundamentally different visions for America.”
Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, he laid out campaign themes he’s been hitting on his “Betting On America” bus tour.
He got big applause when he said, “Why would we want to go backward to the same theory that didn’t work before?” and “The Supreme Court has spoken, the law we passed is here to stay.”
A crowd of about 6,500 gathered on the College of Fine Arts lawn. At least 13 people were treated for heat exhaustion as temperatures stood in the high 90s.
11:40: PBO departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
1:15: Arrives in Ohio
1:55: Holds a roundtable with unemployed workers who are students in Lorain County Community College job training programs
2:30: Delivers remarks on the economy
3:45: Departs Ohio en route Michigan
4:30: Arrives in Michigan
6:00: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at the Henry Ford Museum
7:50: Delivers remarks at a campaign event
9:15: Departs Michigan
10:55: Arrives at the White House
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First Lady Michelle Obama smiles as she greets members of the 911th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command and the 171st Air Refueling Wing at their base near Pittsburgh on April 17
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President Barack Obama looks at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship trophy as he approaches Tony Stewart’s car during an event on the South Lawn of the White House, April 17, 2012. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart, center, Kyle Busch, and Ryan Newman, right, watch nearby. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
President Obama watches as students demonstrate how to bend a pipe during a tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local No. 5 Training Center in Pittsburgh
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… at a meeting of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in Pittsburgh
President Obama arrives to speak at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local No. 5 Training Center in Pittsburgh
