advance party

See how President Obama spent a recent day in Lorain County, Ohio from the point of view of his Advance team. His staff work diligently to keep the day moving, from a surprise lunch at a local diner to a tour of a football helmet assembly plant.

Letters to the President

Every day, President Obama reads ten letters from the public in order to stay in tune with America’s issues and concerns. “Letters to the President” is an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make it to the President’s desk from among the tens of thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails that flood the White House each day.
August 3, 2009.

and you thought bo was the cutest dc resident?

Giant panda Tai Shan tugs in the snow at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park February 3, 2010 in Washington, DC. Wednesday was Tai Shan’s last day at the zoo before being shipped to the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center in China. He was born at the zoo in 2005. Under a deal between China and the U.S. , all giant pandas originally from China are only on loan to foreign zoos and any cubs they produce must all return to China eventually.

um….okay.

A giant figure of U.S. President Barack Obama is seen during preparations for a carnival parade in Nice, southeastern France, February 3, 2010.

a very white house

The North Grounds of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.

home run

President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office after returning to the White House following a trip to Nashua, N.H., Feb. 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

bar-ack?

Women walk past a banner advertising Obama Bar and Restaurant in central Jakarta, February 2, 2010. Obama Bar, due to open on a popular Jakarta backpacker strip this month, will welcome fans of the man known to locals as “Little Barry”, said manager Prabowo who, like many Indonesians, has only one name. The White House announced on Monday that President Barack Obama would visit Indonesia and Australia in March.