Nov 08, 2008 -
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Aug 11, 2009 -
By Kate Kilpatrick and Ruth McCann
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The posters went up last week, 14 in Union Station. On each of the large displays, a thought bubble rises up from a picture of a beautiful 8-year-old: "President Obama's daughters get healthy school lunches. Why don't I?"
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Nov 05, 2009 -
Analysis: Where was the downtown rally? Obama’s Madison visit a hallmark of his mild presidency
By JOHN NICHOLS
Analysis: Where was the downtown rally? Obama's Madison visit a hallmark of his mild presidencyOne year ago Tuesday, Barack Obama redefined American electioneering to such an extent that it was possible to believe that the success of his transformational campaign would lead to a transformational presidency.
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Nov 08, 2008 -
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Nov 01, 2009 -
*On a more personal note, I know some people that were involved in the White House entertainment. Chicago's Redmoon theater company was hired to provide entertainment on the lawn (the skeleton band and bubble installation amongst others). I've included some pictures at the end of the post.*
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.
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Oct 09, 2009 -
Following is a transcript of President Obama’s remarks in response to receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning.
Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning.
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Sep 27, 2009 -
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation
Obama Addresses The Nation's School Children From High School In Arlington
By LIBBY QUAID
WASHINGTON – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
"Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas," the president said earlier this year.
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Feb 15, 2009 -
Obama’s Broken Promises Were Entirely Predictable
February 14, 2009 - by Nicholas Guariglia (Pajamas Media)
Nicholas Guariglia is a polemic and essayist who writes on Islam and Middle Eastern geopolitics. He is a graduate of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where he studied U.S.
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Jul 17, 2009 -
Friday, July 17, 2009; 11:38 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071701596.html
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
OBAMA: Thank you. What an extraordinary night, capping off an extraordinary week, capping off an extraordinary 100 years at the NAACP. (Applause.) So Chairman Bond, Brother Justice, I am so grateful to all of you for being here.
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Jan 29, 2009 -
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
The New York Times
updated 4:19 a.m. CT, Thurs., Jan. 29, 2009
WASHINGTON - The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket.
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