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Meet Sunny: The Obamas’ New Puppy

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Today the Obamas welcomed the newest member of their family – a little girl (puppy) named Sunny! Sunny, the new Obama family dog, on the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 19, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Pin Sunny was born in Michigan in June […]

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Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy: Helping Communities Prepare for the Impacts of a Changing Climate

Ed. note: This is cross-posted from hud.gov. See the original post here. From New Orleans to Cedar Rapids to Tuscaloosa to Minot – I have walked the streets and looked in the eyes of families whose lives have come crashing down around them under nature’s wrath. But nothing prepared me to come back home to New […]

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American Businesses Support a Path to Citizenship, a Shot at the American Dream

Commonsense comprehensive immigration reform isn’t just something that makes sense to 68 members of the United States Senate or a majority of the American people – it also makes sense to American business.  In fact, there is a rich history of employers helping their employees achieve the American dream of citizenship.  And our legal immigration […]

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Weekly Address: Working to Implement the Affordable Care Act

President Obama says we are on the way to fully implementing the Affordable Care Act and helping millions of Americans.   Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Fonte: White House

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West Wing Week: 08/16/13 or “Summer Mailbag: A Break from Tradition”

Welcome to the West Wing Week.  This week, we broke from tradition a bit and took to our social media networks to ask our followers about what they would like to know about everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Fonte: White House

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The AGOA Forum: Promoting Sustainable Growth in Africa through Trade and Technology

This week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman and senior members of the President’s economic team joined trade ministers, civil society, and business leaders from across sub-Saharan Africa to focus on “Sustainable Growth through Trade and Technology” at the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum. The Forum also kicked off the process […]

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One Year Anniversary of Implementation of Deferred Action Policy for DREAMers

One year ago today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began implementing a policy that makes our immigration system more representative of our values as a nation. On this day, DHS began accepting requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – a policy that provides young people who were brought to the United States […]

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Reflecting on 78 Years of Social Security

Seventy-eight years ago today, when President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, he sent across a simple but significant message: Americans, no matter their age or physical ability, should be able to live their lives with dignity. Though the times and technologies have changed, that message remains at the core of this Administration. […]

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Being Biden: Remembering Father Roberto Balducelli

"Every once and a while someone comes along in a community that literally transforms a community—and that's exactly what Father Roberto Balducelli did," said the Vice President in the latest edition of Being Biden. 'Father Roberto' passed away last week, on the eve of his 100th birthday. The Vice President was among the hundreds who gathered […]

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One Year Anniversary of Implementation of Deferred Action Policy for DREAMers

One year ago today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began implementing a policy that makes our immigration system more representative of our values as a nation. On this day, DHS began accepting requests for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) – a policy that provides young people who were brought to the United States […]

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