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Archive for July 18th, 2012

Jul

This and That

Categories: All Photos, All Videos, Joe 'Big Deal' Biden and Michelle Obama
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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama look out at the Chicago skyline, June 15

President Obama and Vice President Biden talk with Zachary Atala, son of Dr. Anthony Atala, M.D., Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, June 5

First Lady Michelle Obama waits to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, N.Y., June 14

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama present a birthday cake to Assistant Usher Reggie Dickson outside the Usher’s Office of the White House, following a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony and dinner honoring President Shimon Peres of Israel, June 13

President Obama with Bo in the Oval Office, June 21

Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, sits with Bo in the Outer Oval Office, June 20 :cool:

A young boy salutes President Obama as he greets audience members following his remarks at the NALEO Conference in Orlando, Fla., June 22

President Obama talks to a group of kids from Lenora Academy in Snellville, Ga., during a stop at the Varsity, a restaurant in Atlanta, Ga., June 26

President Obama talks to kids during a stop at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland on Broadway Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, June 14

President Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy aboard Air Force One, June 6

All photos by Pete Souza - more here

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President Obama greets 11-year-old Haley Klepper during a ceremony honoring the 2012 NCAA Women’s College Basketball Champion Baylor Bears in the East Room of the White House. The team’s so-called biggest fan, Klepper, who suffers from a rare Mitochondrial disease, attends all the games and has a reserved spot in the locker room

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Thursday

10:45: President Obama departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews

12:45: Arrives in Jacksonville, Florida

1:15: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

3:05: Attends a campaign event at Prime Osborn Convention Center

4:35: Departs Jacksonville en route West Palm Beach

5:35: Arrives at West Palm Beach

6:20: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

7:35: Attends a campaign event at Century Plaza

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A crowd of residents wait to get tickets for Friday’s visit by Michelle Obama in Fredericksburg, Va.

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Cagle

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Hey everyone, I’m waaaaaaaaaay behind on the news today, will try to catch up tomorrow.

Jul

‘Betting on America’

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Tags: america, and, Barack, betting, bus, Obama, Ohio, on, Pennsylvania, President, through, tour, video

Jul

Heads up for the Baylor Bears

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Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: Barack, baylor, bears, heads, house, Obama, President, up, white

White House live

CNN live streaming

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….. with Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker

… with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

First Lady Michelle Obama at a Let’s Move! event at the Lenfest Police Athletic Center in Philadelphia

Jul

Coming up

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Tags: Barack, latino, Michelle, Obama, President, schedule, support, voters

11:50: Michelle Obama joins elected officials to announce public and private sector commitments for her Let’s Move! initiative in Pennsylvania (CNN live streaming)

12:30: Jay Carney briefs the press (White House live)

2:25: President Obama honors the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion Baylor Bears (White House live)

4:15: Michelle Obama is briefed on tornado recovery by local officials in Birmingham, Alabama and meets children affected by the storm (CBS live streaming)

5:40 President Obama attends a campaign event at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Closed press)

6:00: Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a campaign fundraising event in Birmingham

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Steve Benen: In 2008, Latino voters overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama over John McCain, siding with the Democrat by a 36-point margin, 67% to 31%, according to exit polls. The president won’t be able to improve upon this, will he?

Actually, he might. Latino Decisions released a new poll this morning, pointing to an even larger gap between Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, with the president leading 70% to 22%. It’s the first time in nearly two years of Latino Decisions polls that Obama has reached this level of support.

More here

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