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Jun
12
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03
Nov
11
bonjour – rise and shine
…. with French President Nicolas Sarkozy
…… with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit in Cannes, France
….with Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard
….. greeting Canada PM Stephen Harper as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looks on
…. with British PM David Cameron
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If, like me, you’re struggling to understand exactly what’s going with Greece, Kevin Drum has a brilliant post about it all at Mother Jones (here) – as recommended by Steve Benen
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Thanks Desertflower
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AP: Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a hopeful sign that the job market might be picking up.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 397,000, the lowest level in five weeks. It’s only the third time since April that applications have fallen below 400,000.
Economists were encouraged by the drop, though they cautioned that the trend would have to persist to signal real improvement.
More here
08
Jun
11
morning people
More Pete Souza photos from the visit here
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Today (All Times Eastern):
11:10 AM The President visits Northern Virginia Community College
11:30 Delivers remarks on the importance of training and preparing our workforce to compete for manufacturing jobs across the nation.
3:0 Delivers remarks at an event honoring Auburn University’s 2010 BCS National Championship
4:40 Meets with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria
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Attendees dine during the State Dinner with President Barack Obama and Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, on the South Lawn at the White House
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Thank you Proud!
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao arrive for a State Dinner honoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House
yardarm756: “Oh LORD, Mitch “The Turtle” McConnell just walked in the dinner with an Oriental lady. Is that legal in Kentucky?”
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his wife Carole Geithner
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi with her husband Paul
Singer James Taylor with his wife Caroline
U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey and his wife Deanie Dempsey
Chief Justice John Roberts with his wife Jane
Austan Goolsbee, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, and his wife Robin
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her husband Steven Schultz
ABC News host Diane Sawyer
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao