Posts Tagged ‘major

15
Sep
14

President Obama Awards The Medal Of Honor To Two Heroes

By Nerdy Wonka 90 Comments
Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

2014-09-15T184025Z_587008413_GM1EA9G07BE01_RTRMADP_3_USA-OBAMA

Army Command Sergeant Major Bennie G. Adkins salutes after President Barack Obama awards him the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War

****

****

468286d458b3cb245f0f6a70670070d5

President Barack Obama applauds at right after presenting the Medal of Honor for Army Spc. Donald P. Sloat to his brother William Sloat, left, in the East Room of the White House. Donald P. Sloat of Coweta, Okla., was killed in action on Jan. 17, 1970, at age 20. While on patrol, a soldier in his squad triggered a hand grenade trap that had been placed in their path by enemy forces. According to the White House, Sloat picked up the live grenade, initially to throw it away. When he realized it was about to detonate, he shielded the blast with his own body in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers

****

****

****

2014-09-15T185002Z_1003867825_GM1EA9G07OR01_RTRMADP_3_USA-OBAMA

3d7bb9c558d8cb245f0f6a706700a019

3159d21658d4cb245f0f6a7067000919

46e9074c58d3cb245f0f6a706700b5f3

2014-09-15T190026Z_1902250350_GM1EA9G089H01_RTRMADP_3_USA-OBAMA

70e017c058d4cb245f0f6a7067006c84

16
May
13

This and That

By Chipsticks 164 Comments
Categories: All Photos, All Videos, Articles, Michelle Obama and West Wing Week
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

President Obama checks to see if he still needs the umbrella held by a U.S. Marine during a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 16

****

Text of remarks here

****

****

First Lady Michelle Obama with Emine Erdoğan, wife of Turkish PM, May 16. Photo by Lawrence Jackson

****

@PeteSouza: POTUS has dinner with PM Erdogan of Turkey in Red Room at WH

****

****

****

@WhiteHouse

****

****

Washington Post: Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2011, the House has voted 36 times to repeal either all, or part, of President Obama’s health-care law.

On Thursday, the House is scheduled to do it again, taking up another bill that would repeal the health care law in full.

With number 37 on the way, here are the details of the first 36 votes….

Read here

****

****

Steve Benen: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was asked yesterday about House Republicans, once again, voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, even though House Republicans realize this is pointless. Noting the insanity of doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results, Reid said they have “truly lost their minds.”

That’s not an unfair assessment….

More here

****

****

Did pigs just fly? Did a reporter just speak the truth…..

TPM: Wow, This is Pretty Epic

Generally, once partisan, tendentious sources leak information that turns out to be wrong, nothing’s ever done about it. That’s for many reasons, some good or somewhat understandable, mostly bad. But on CBS Evening News tonight, Major Garrett did something I don’t feel like I’ve seen in a really long time or maybe ever on a network news cast. He basically said straight out: Republicans told us these were the quotes, that wasn’t true….

More here

****

****

****

****

Click to see the rest of the post

19
Oct
11

‘welcome back’

By Chipsticks 78 Comments
Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

First lady Michelle Obama signs a cap for veteran Helen Horn, while meeting wounded veterans and their families, as part of Major League Baseball’s Welcome Back Veterans program and the First Lady’s Joining Forces initiative at the St. Louis Veterans Center

Dr Jill Biden, army veteran Red Schoendienst and first lady Michelle Obama stand on the mound prior to the start of Game One of the MLB World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on October 19

20
Jul
11

food for thought

By Chipsticks 14 Comments
Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House about commitments from major food retailers to provide access to healthy, affordable food to millions of people in underserved communities across the country, July 20

01
Mar
11

the president & the presidents

By Chipsticks 4 Comments
Categories: All Photos
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

President Barack Obama meets with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the State Dining Room of the White House, March 1, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

@POTUS

@BarackObama

@WhiteHouse

@FLOTUS

@blog44

@PeteSouza

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

@TheObamaDiary

@NerdyWonka

@Lib_Librarian

@Our4thEstate

@DaRiverZkind

@zizii2

RSS White House.gov

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

RSS WH Tumblr

  • “In remembrance of the innocent victims who lost their...
  • letterstopresidentobama: “When he is redeployed, this is one...
  • Question: What is it about the Iran nuclear deal that keeps them from getting nuclear...
  • “For every young person willing to work hard, I want two...
  • Join the movement to make two years of community college as free...

RSS The People’s View

  • Toontastic Weekend Liberal Librarian
  • Open thread - VP Biden on Colbert Liberal Librarian
  • >> House GOP's Latest Plan To Stop Obama's Iran Deal: Sue Him! @TPM http://t.co/eLr4cIqO6J— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 10, 2025 C […]">Open thread - Done and dusted Liberal Librarian
  • The #IranDeal and the Great Republican hissy-fit Liberal Librarian
  • The Great Migration Liberal Librarian

RSS Smartypants

  • In the Era of Big Data, GOP Prefers to Keep Us in the Dark
  • Rumors vs Facts on Hillary Clinton's Email
  • President Obama Announces the "College Scorecard"
  • Obama the Negotiator
  • Photo of the Day: Really?!!!!!

RSS A Writing Corner (LL)

  • #Pixels: A sign of the Apocalypse?
  • Annals in “WTH Were You Thinking??” – Potty Training
  • For the young lady and her love of Seamus Heaney
  • On compassion
  • A Mass for the Dead

RSS Greg Sargent

  • Open Thread
  • Happy Hour Roundup
  • The GOP’s Donald Trump nightmare may soon get a whole lot worse
  • Why the presidential candidates need to answer tough questions about God
  • Morning Plum: Jeb Bush rehashes Mitt Romney’s arguments to defend tax cuts for rich

RSS Steve Benen

  • Rick Perry exits stage right
  • This Week in God, 9.12.15
  • Citations for the September 11, 2025 TRMS
  • Horror of 9/11 Pentagon attack recounted by NBC News correspondent
  • Democrats encouraged by latest 2016 head-to-head poll

Categories

Archives

Blog Stats

  • 32,386,085 hits
September 2015
M T W T F S S
« Aug    
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930