President Barack Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room of the White House, May 6, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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desk-bound
President Barack Obama receives a briefing on the economy from National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, left, in the Oval Office, May 6, 2010. At right is Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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huh, you’re no obama mr cameron
Front page of right-wing British tabloid rag on election day. If David Cameron is Britain’s only hope then, well, Britain is truly f***ed.
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viva los suns!
The Phoenix Suns in Game Two of the Western Conference Semi-finals of the 2010 NBA Playoffs against the San Antonio Spurs at US Airways Center on May 5, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. The team wore ‘Los Suns’ jerseys on Cinco de Mayo in response to an anti-immigration law recently passed in Arizona.
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President Barack Obama has given a shout-out to NBA’s Phoenix Suns, who are wearing jerseys that say “Los Suns” to honor the Latino community, diversity and the state of Arizona.
Obama made the remarks at the beginning of a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Rose Garden.
The president said: “I know that a lot of you would rather be watching tonight’s game – the Spurs against ‘Los Suns’ from Phoenix.” The line drew applause from the crowd.
Arizona adopted a hard-line immigration law that cracks down on illegal immigrants. Civil rights groups say it could lead to racial profiling. Obama has called it “misguided.”
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