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Our 13 Favorite Photos of President Obama Being a Dad

Click here to see the photo gallery.   President Obama has a lot of important responsibilities in the White House, but he’s said that no job is more important than being a father to his two daughters. We’ve put together a quick slide show of some of our favorite moments of the President being a […]

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Weekly Address: Celebrating Father’s Day Weekend

President Obama discusses Father’s Day and notes that nothing substitutes for the love and support of the presence of a parent in a child’s life. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Fonte: White House

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President Obama Meets with Students in the “Becoming A Man” Program

President Barack Obama welcomes participants to the Father’s Day luncheon in the State Dining Room of the White House, June 14, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon) President Obama celebrated an early Father’s Day with kids from the “Becoming a Man” program at the White House on Friday. The students traveled to Washington, […]

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Weekly Wrap Up: “We’ve Got To Keep Pushing”

Watch the West Wing Week here. Obamacare in California: President Obama spent last Friday in California discussing how the Affordable Care Act is improving in the lives of people all across the country. “States like California are setting up new, online marketplaces where, beginning on October 1st of this year, you can comparison shop an array […]

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Men: Don’t Wait for a Wakeup Call When it Comes to Your Health

Ed Note: This is a cross post from the blog of healthcare.gov. You can find the original post here. As a group, we men are not known for doing a very good job of taking care of our own health. National Men’s Health Week, from June 10 through Father’s Day on June 16, is a good time […]

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2012 WNBA Champion Indiana Fever Visit the White House

President Barack Obama welcomes the WNBA Champion Indiana Fever to the East Room of the White House to honor the team and their victory in the WNBA Finals, June 14, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Today, President Obama congratulated the Indiana Fever at the White House on their 2012 WNBA championship. Despite […]

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Deferred Action Remains a Smart and Sensible Immigration Policy, but Congress Still Needs to Act

Today, there are many young immigrants who were brought here by parents seeking a better life. These promising young people grew up here and call this country home. They deserve an opportunity and so do their parents.  One year ago Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security took action to lift the shadow of deportation for […]

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Financial Disclosure Reports Now Available

Public Financial Disclosure Reports (OGE Form 278) for White House officials are now available. Interested parties may request reports electronically by completing the application form available here. Once the application form is submitted, reports will be sent via email in PDF format as quickly as possible. Please call the press office if you have any […]

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Four Years of Broadband Growth

A fast, reliable Internet connection is as essential to the modern economy as electricity or phone service, and over the last four years, the country has made tremendous progress investing in and delivering high-speed broadband to an unprecedented number of Americans. Today we are releasing a new White House report entitled Four Years of Broadband […]

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Making America A Little More Equal

Leaders within the LGBT community were invited to the White House yesterday to kick-off Pride month with a reception hosted by President Obama. Introducing the President were 9 year old twins, Zea and Luna, who wrote a letter to President Obama earlier this year asking him to support same-sex marriage. They explained that they were […]

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