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Posts Tagged ‘family
13
Sep
12
Special Guest
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with young children during a visit to the Ron Rosner Family YMCA of Spotsylvania County in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 13
Thanks amk
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1:50: President Obama delivers remarks on middle class tax relief at a campaign event in Iowa
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Thanks Dudette
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President Obama greets Leo Olson, accompanied by his mother Sarah, after arriving at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids
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President Obama speaks with Jason McLaughlin, principal of Center Point-Urbana High School, his wife, Ali, an account manager for a document scanning company, and their 4-year-old son Cooper, as they hold a discussion on middle class tax cuts at their home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
10
Feb
12
evening all
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, after the President signed H.R. 3801, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012, in the Oval Office, Feb. 10, 2012. This bill is the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Steve Benen: If the right was outraged by the patriotic message in Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad, conservatives will be looking for the fainting couch after seeing Bruce Springsteen’s new video.
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“Is it patriotic to stash your money in the Cayman Islands?”
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First lady Michelle Obama joins experts from WebMD for a town hall on healthy families at the Homestead YMCA Family Center, Florida
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More Let’s Move photos here
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More clips here
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22
Dec
11
an early heads up – chat away
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Reuters: Israel’s defense minister extolled what he called Barack Obama’s resolve and risk-taking on Thursday, remarks likely to help the president’s re-election bid after the Pentagon beefed up warnings to Iran over its nuclear program.
….Citing Obama’s ideologically tinged 2009 speeches in Cairo and on the occasion of winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and this month’s U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Barak said: “Ultimately you cannot deny he has a certain degree of consistency.”
“You may not like what he does (but) you discern a man who is capable and ready to undertake the fiercest of political risks to his survival, in order to make good on what he believes in,” said Barak, who met Obama in Washington last week.
“We are asked, sometimes, whether Obama is really a soft appeaser. To that, I say: ‘Go ask Osama bin Laden.’”
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15
Dec
11
rise and shine
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MarketWatch: The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits fell by 19,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 366,000, putting claims at the lowest level since May 2008.
…. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had projected that claims would rise to 390,000 in the week ended Dec. 10.
Jobless claims have fallen below 400,000 – a level historically associated with an improving labor market – in five of the past six weeks.
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USA Today: Nearly 2 million home care workers could qualify for federal wage and overtime protections under a rule being proposed today by the Obama administration.
The effort – the 18th initiative in Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” campaign against Congress – would overcome legislative inertia and a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that upheld home care workers’ exclusion from wage-and-hour standards.
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TPM: … the chart Democrats really, really, really don’t want Republican primary voters to see.
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Morning everyone, more soon 
12
Dec
11
season’s …. ouch …. greetings
“I see you.”
“Just lookin’, Dad.”
“Hello Justin.”
“Hello Mr President …. um, you’re hurting my hand.”
“Sorry Justin.”
“No worries Mr President …. um, now you’re hurting my shoulder.”
“Sorry about that Justin – hey, at least he didn’t call Secret Service!”
“Ha, that’s a relief, First Lady!”
