President Obama signed The Shark Conservation Act of 2010 – a bill passed by Congress that amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. More here
In case you didn’t see it in the comments, here’s a great link from Tally: SharkWater
The President signed 35 bills today, including:
That’s what you call a day of variety!
President Barack Obama greets actor Jamie Foxx at a campaign rally for Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer in Los Angeles, California, October 22
Remember?
Hasan Faruq Ali, an American boy who played a young President Barack Obama in the Indonesian film “Obama Anak Menteng”, poses with the novel “Obama from Asisi” during a book launch in Obama’s former elementary school in Jakarta June 10, 2010
Indonesian writer Damien Dematra said he was inspired to write the novel after reading stories collected from teachers, friends and neighbours recounting the time when Obama lived in Indonesia between 1967-1970. Asisi is a Catholic school in Jakarta where Obama studied from 1968 – 1970
….with Alec Baldwin at the White House Correspondents Dinner, May 2010
President Barack Obama hugs Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient actor Sidney Poitier during the award ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Aug. 12, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)
