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First Lady Visits Fort Jackson Military Base in South Carolina

When people hear about the First Lady's Let's Move initiative, the first thing they think of may not be the impact on our military — but as it turns out it is extremely relevant. Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Fort Jackson, a U.S. Army Training Center in South Carolina, to be briefed by […]

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Advance Estimate of GDP for the Fourth Quarter of 2010

Today’s report shows that the growth rate of the economy continued to increase in the final quarter of 2010, a further sign that the economy continues to gain momentum as it recovers from the worst recession since the Great Depression. Real GDP, the total amount of goods and services produced in the country, grew at […]

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Jeff Zients Will Lead Reorganization of Federal Government

As the President said in the State of the Union address, winning the future will take doing what we can do now to prepare America to compete in the global economy for decades to come. That means out-educating, out-innovating, and out-building our competition; restoring fiscal responsibility to remove the burden of deficits and debt; and […]

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Weekly Address: Out-Innovating, Out-Educating & Out-Building Our Competitors

The President discusses his visit to a company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and how it exemplified his agenda for America to “win the future” spelled out in the State of the Union Address. Click here to see the video. Fonte: White House

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President Obama on the Situation in Egypt: “All Governments Must Maintain Power through Consent, Not Coercion”

From an overnight memo from his National Security Advisor, to a Presidential Daily Briefing that was 40 minutes in length and focused entirely on Egypt, and on through the day, the President and much of the White House spent the day focused on the unfolding situation in Egypt.  This evening the President spoke out after a phone call with President […]

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Weekly Wrap Up: Winning the Future

Quote: "We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit, and reform our government. That’s how […]

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Over 1 Million White House Visitor Records Online

In September 2009, the President announced that – for the first time in history – the White House would routinely release visitor records. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in October 2010. Today’s release also includes several visitor records generated prior to September 16, 2009 that were requested by members of […]

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Voices of Health Reform: The President Addresses Families USA

This morning, President Obama addressed Families USA’s Health Action 2011 Conference and discussed how the Affordable Care Act is helping to strengthen our health care system for all Americans.  In his remarks, the President highlighted two Americans that you may have heard about here on the White House website, Janine Vaughn, of Spokane, Washington and […]

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What You Missed: The State of the Union and Foreign Policy

Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor, sat down yesterday with Military.com, The Economist, and ForeignPolicy.com to talk about the President's goals for American foreign policy as we move into a new future. Watch the full video, or use the links below to jump to particular questions and topics. Click here to see the video. read […]

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What You Missed: The State of the Union and Health Care

Yesterday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius sat down with AOL Health, Nurse.com, WebMD.com, and Medscape.com to answer questions from their readers about health care and the President's State of the Union Address. Check out the full video or use the links below to jump to your favorite questions. Click here to see […]

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