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History: The House Debates Health Reform

Today the House reaches another major milestone in the effort to pass health insurance reform, and effort decades in the making.  Predictably, opponents of reform are taking their misleading claims to new heights.  For example, they claim that CEA Chair Christina Romer has said that reform would cost millions of jobs.  This is flatly false, […]

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The Greatest Joy

Ed Note: Watch an Evening of Classical Music live at 7:00 PM EST on WhiteHouse.gov/live or watch and discuss it with other classical music fans on Facebook. The greatest joy that this job affords – and there are many – is the chance to throw open the doors and invite Americans into the White House […]

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Press Conference on Security Council’s November Work Programme

  This month’s President of the Security Council, Thomas Mayr-Harting from Austria, today briefed correspondents on November’s programme of work, which will include a debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict chaired by Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Mayr-Harting said speakers during that debate ‑‑ to take place on 11 November ‑‑ would include the […]

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Weekly Address: Tragedy at Fort Hood

The President condemns the "despicable" attacks at Fort Hood, honoring those who were killed and injured.  He also commends those who stood up to help and console those affected: "even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America."   Fonte: White House

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Turning your GreenGov Ideas into Action

This past Saturday, the GreenGov Challenge came to a close – with over 14,000 federal and military personnel submitting over 5,300 ideas and casting more than 165,000 votes.  When we first launched this program, we weren’t sure what kind of response we’d receive.  But it’s safe to say that this outpouring of participation by the […]

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Secretary Solis: Combating Unemployment

President Barack Obama signs the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 in the Oval Office, Nov. 6 , 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This morning the Department of Labor released its Employment Situation report for October and while the numbers are disappointing, they are not surprising. Analysts have known for […]

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Word from the White House: House Republican Health Care "Plan" Putting Families at Risk

It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports.  Today we publish our […]

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