@petesouza: President Obama accompanied by the First Lady lays a coin for each of the victims at Fort Hood
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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are greeted by former President George H.W. Bush upon their arrival on Air Force One in Houston, Texas
Melbourne, Florida, Sept 9
4:50: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at West Palm Beach County Convention Center
C-Span * CNN * CBS 1 * CBS 2
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He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother!
President Barack Obama holds on as he is hugged and picked up by Scott Van Duzer at Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Italian Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Florida, September 9
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Today (all times ET):
11:0: President Obama departs the White House
1:35: Arrives Des Moines, Iowa
2:20: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at Living History Farms, Urbandale, Iowa
4:25: Departs Des Moines
5:10: Arrives Sioux City, Iowa
7:30: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at Morningside College, Sioux City
9:20: Departs Sioux City
10:40: Arrives Denver
(Will double-check the schedule, not 100% sure about the times)
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Des Moines Register: Barack Obama’s election-year effort to rock the vote in Iowa continues this afternoon in Urbandale, where he’ll literally be rockin’ the suburbs.
The president’s second visit to the state this week will resemble a summer music festival, treating an outdoor crowd at Living History Farms not only to a political speech but also performances by indie band the National and alternative-rock hero Chris Cornell.
More here (thanks Dotster)
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NYT: Republicans in Texas and Florida have been in the vanguard of the pernicious, widespread efforts to suppress voting by Hispanics and blacks. Fortunately, federal courts are seeing these efforts for what they are: a variation on the racist laws that disenfranchised millions before those tactics were outlawed by the Voting Rights Act.
A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday unanimously rejected Texas’s voter ID law, which required court approval to take effect. The court described the law, known as SB 14, as “the most stringent in the country.”
More here
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President Obama talks with troops backstage before participating in a roundtable discussion at Fort Bliss in El Paso (Pete Souza)
Fort Bliss, August 31
President Barack Obama bids farewell to Gen. Lloyd Austin III at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, August 31. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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