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The President & First Lady on Child Nutrition Bill: “The Basic Nutrition They Need to Learn and Grow and to Pursue Their Dreams”

Click here to see the video. As one of her chief responsibilities and greatest passions, the First lady has dedicated herself to helping our children grow up healthy and reversing the alarming childhood obesity trend — so the President’s signing of the the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act this morning at a local DC school was […]

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Today’s Health Care Court Ruling

Today’s narrow ruling in Virginia on the constitutionality of a provision of the Affordable Care Act is just one of many recent rulings on similar cases that have come down in recent months.  Since the law passed, opponents of reform have filed more than 20 different legal challenges.   Judges have already granted the Administration’s motion […]

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A Win for Women, Mothers and Working Families

This week, President Obama laid out an agreement on tax cuts and Unemployment Insurance that directly benefits women, mothers and working families. The agreement not only secures vital tax relief and investments in America’s workers that will create jobs and accelerate economic growth, it also contains specific policies that provide targeted support for working families, […]

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Tuesday Talks: The White House Fellows Program

The White House Fellows Program is one of America’s most prestigious fellowships for leadership and public service. In Tuesday Talks, we’re answering your questions about the program designed to provide exceptional men and women with a first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the Federal Government. The President’s Commission on White House Fellowships is currently […]

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The American DREAM

Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of posts from top Administration Officials on the importance of the DREAM Act.  Read Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s post here. Early in my career, I worked as a student advisor and higher education recruitment counselor.  Many of the young people I worked with were undocumented, including a college-bound young […]

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Photostream: Behind the Scenes in November

We just uploaded to the White House Flickr photostream 79 new pictures from the busy month of November. I thought you might find it interesting if I explained my thought process on a couple of the photographs. The President makes a lot of phone calls from the Oval Office, including this one to Jalal Talabani […]

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Weekly Address: Protecting the Middle Class & the Economy

The President strongly urges both parties in Congress to pass the compromise on tax cuts, unemployment insurance, and job creation. Not doing so would hurt the middle class, those struggling to find work, and the economy itself.  Learn more about the compromise framework. Click here to see the video. Fonte: White House

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President Obama & President Clinton on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Insurance & Jobs

President Obama was joined by President Clinton in urging Congress to pass the compromise framework on tax cuts, unemployment insurance and job growth.  Watch the full video below: Click here to see the video. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton make statements and answer questions from the press corps in the Brady Press Briefing […]

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Weekly Wrap Up: Framework on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Insurance and Jobs

A quick look at the week of December 13, 2010:   Framework on Tax Cuts: Austan Goolsbee’s breaks it down on the White Board, a chart on wins for working families and more information on how this bipartisan agreement delivers key victories that will give the average American family assurance that there will be more […]

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DREAM Act Gives Hard-Working, Patriotic Young People a Shot at the American Dream

Ed. Note: This is the first in a series of posts from top Administration Officials on the importance of the DREAM Act. Now is the time to press on with our full support for the DREAM Act.  We’re closer than we’ve ever been and we’re not giving up. The President, myself, and many of my Cabinet colleagues […]

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