DOINews: Cabinet Reflects on 2009

01/27/2010
Last edited 09/29/2021
President Obama at Cabinet meeting April 20, 2009 at the White House. White House Photo by Pete SouzaPresident Obama at Cabinet meeting April 20, 2009 at the White House. White House Photo by Pete Souza
When President Obama and his cabinet took office a year ago, they faced an array of historic challenges: an economy in freefall, job losses averaging almost 700,000 a month, a middle class under assault, two wars and badly frayed global alliances, and a staggering $1.3 trillion budget deficit. Faced with these challenges, the President and Cabinet got to work.

Now on WhiteHouse.gov each Cabinet member is reporting back on their progress over the past year. Check out short videos from each Cabinet member here.

You can view Secretary Salazar's reflections on his first year as Secretary of the Interior here.

  • Press Release
    An oil rig in the Gulf of America at sunrise
    03/27/2025

    Interior Department Disburses $353.6 Million from Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf Leases

    Today, the Department of the Interior announced the disbursement of approximately $353.6 million in energy revenues to the four Gulf of America oil- and gas-producing states – Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions such as counties and parishes. Since 2009 when Interior began disbursing funds, $2.35 billion has been shared with the states and their coastal political subdivisions. The funds, disbursed annually, are generated from offshore oil and gas production and support coastal protection, restoration, and infrastructure projects.

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