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Apr

This and That

Categories: All Photos, All Videos and Michelle Obama
Tags: academy, Anthony, Barack, foxx, grandmother, mary, Michelle, Obama, of, photos, President, science, sciences, speech, transportation, video

President Obama at the National Academy of Sciences, April 29

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Mary Foxx, grandmother of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, is seen seated in the East Room of the White House where President Barack Obama announced that he nominated her grandson as transportation secretary. Mary Foxx worked at the White House in the Truman Administration

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Will catch up with the news in the morning

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Wishing GoBrooklyn all the very best ahead of her operation tomorrow (Tuesday) – love from us all.

Apr

The White House Science Fair

By Chipsticks 147 Comments

Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: 2013, Barack, fair, house, Obama, photos, President, science, videos, white

President Obama looks at the COOL PADS for shoulders, helmet, armpits and groin created by Evan Jackson, Alec Jackson and Caleb Robinson, from Flippen Elementary School, McDonough, Georgia, during the White House Science Fair

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President Obama tries the bicycle-powered emergency water-sanitation station, created by high schoolers Payton Karr and Kiona Elliot from Oakland Park, Florida

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Apr

Cyclist-in-Chief

By Chipsticks 74 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: bike, chief, cycling, cyclist, fair, house, in, Obama, President, science, video, white

More later from the Science Fair – just off to see Manchester United win the title

Apr

Heads Up: It’s Science Time

By Chipsticks 68 Comments

Categories: All Videos
Tags: fair, heads, house, Obama, President, science, up, white

ftw RT @whitehouse: President Obama checks out Vator the Space Elevator at the #WHsciencefair: vine.co/v/bPZtKjjO0qu

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 22, 2013

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1:35: President Obama views science fair projects, East Garden and State Dining Room

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2:25: President Obama delivers remarks at the White House Science Fair

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Also at White House live – if you’re using that link, make sure you click what you want to see in the list on the right, lots going on at WH Live at the same time

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2:50: President Obama will observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Boston bombing (private)

Apr