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Watch Live: President Obama Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

Today, President Obama will honor fifteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House. As the President said, “These outstanding honorees come from a broad range of backgrounds and they’ve excelled in a broad range of fields, but all of them have lived extraordinary lives that have inspired us, […]

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Tweet Your Health Care Questions

Good morning folks. In our meetings, conference calls, and feedback we received from young people over the last several weeks, we’ve heard that many of you have questions about the health care law, the Affordable Care Act. So I’ll be sitting down with our new media and policy teams Wednesday to answer YOUR questions via the […]

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Video: Travels with the First Lady

Last week was the first anniversary of Let's Move!, a comprehensive initiative launched by First Lady Michelle Obama that is dedicated to solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. You may have seen our post last week that included a video of schoolchildren singing in honor of the First Lady’s visit and a review of her […]

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Keeping Military Families Close to Our Hearts

Every February, couples and families take a special day to share their commitment and affection on Valentine's Day. This year, I had the opportunity to spend my Valentine's Day with soldiers and military families to share my appreciation for all they do and to reaffirm the Administration’s commitment to support our service members and their […]

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The 2012 Budget

Today, the President sent to Congress his budget  for the 2012 fiscal year. This document is built around the simple idea that we have to live within our means so we can invest in the future. Only by making tough choices to both cut spending and deficits and invest in what we need to win […]

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The President Unveils a Budget to Win the Future for Our Kids

Ed. Note: Learn more about the President's Budget from the OMB site or watch OMB Director Jack Lew's White House White Board. Click here to see the video. The budget going through Congress can often come off as boring process, one too mired in details and political back-and-forth to be worth following.  But the President […]

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White House White Board: OMB Director Jack Lew on the President’s Budget

In this White House White Board, Jack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, explains how the President's Budget will help then government live within its means, while still investing in America's future. Look for much more detail here at WhiteHouse.gov Monday afternoon. var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/wqVBYIktrrc&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0”, […]

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Statement by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon on Iran

The White House has released a statement from National Security Advisor Tom Donilon on Iran: By announcing that they will not allow opposition protests, the Iranian government has declared illegal for Iranians what it claimed was noble for Egyptians. We call on the government of Iran to allow the Iranian people the universal right to […]

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Weekly Address: “It’s Time Washington Acted as Responsibly as Our Families Do”

The President previews his budget, explaining that it will help the government live within its means, while still investing to make sure America wins the future.  Click here to see the video. Fonte: White House

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WhiteHouse.gov Releases Second Set of Open Source Code

Friday morning at the Tech@State event at the State Department, the White House's New Media Director Macon Phillips announced the White House’s second code release to the open source community that powers the Drupal content management system. Last April, we released four modules for the Drupal community, which focused on the scalability, communication, and accessibility of our site.   […]

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