The Obama Diary

Children wave at President Barack Obama’s motorcade as he visits Phoenix on Jan. 8

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People wait in line to get into Central High School in Phoenix to see President Obama speak

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President Barack Obama speaks about housing and home ownership and announces a cut in mortgage insurance premiums on Federal Housing Administration loans, at Central High School in Phoenix

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President Obama, joined by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro speaks outside a home in a housing development in Phoenix

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BREAKING: Watch President Obama announce his #FreeCommunityCollege proposal → go.wh.gov/comm-college vine.co/v/Op6YEKWLOXP

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David Simas (@Simas44) January 08, 2025

RT to share the news: President Obama just announced his #FreeCommunityCollege proposal → go.wh.gov/comm-college http://t.co/ORNWhcMAYt

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2025

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President Obama, joined by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, left, and Chicanos Por La Causa’s Edmundo Hidalgo, right, and David Adame, speaks outside a home in a housing development in Phoenix

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The FHA reduction in premiums will help borrowers save an average of $900 annually over the next three years. http://t.co/B728Oz9RfL

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Julián Castro (@SecretaryCastro) January 08, 2025

American home values have gone ↑ for 3 years. See how President Obama's helping homeowners: go.wh.gov/housing http://t.co/iR8ocEkxOX

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2025

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(Doug Mills)

A woman is surprised when she runs into President Barack Obama in her neighborhood

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"Today, home sales are up nearly 50% from where they were in the worst of the crisis." —President #ObamaInPhoenix http://t.co/bmJTRzlCc9

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2025

"I’m going to take a new action to help even more responsible families...buy their first new home." —#ObamaInPhoenix http://t.co/uimNuUIeYH

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 08, 2025

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@dougmillsnyt: President Obama board Air Force One in AZ, for his trip back the Washington.

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President Barack Obama signs a condolences book during a visit to the French Embassy

President Obama stands with France’s Ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud as he pays his respects over the attack at the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, during a visit to the French Embassy in Washington