President Obama in Israel, Day One

Israeli President Shimon Peres, President Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv, on March 20

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Chat away……

Heads Up: President Obama and PM Netanyahu press conference

2:05 EST

Also at:

White House live * CBS * CNN

A Brief This and That

From Henry Healy to TOD:

I got to meet with the President yesterday and I wanted to share with you this drawing that I presented him with. It’s a pencil drawing of the president in front of his ancestral home and the White House. It was by Brian Fogarty a school teacher from Co Tipperary now living in Galway.

Kind Regards,

Henry Healy

Thank you Henry – love that drawing, it’s beautiful.

(I asked Henry if his head hurt today, he said “it’s coming ’round” – so, good news!)

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Next up:

2:05 PM EDT President Obama and PM Netanyahu Hold a Press Conference

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CNN and CBS are showing a lot of live streaming from Israel today, so keep checking in

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ENORMOUS thanks to LovelyPlains for this morning’s Rise and Shine – it was just ** magnificent **

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Will be back a little later with photos and videos from Israel, just getting some work done – see ya then.

Rise and Shine…..

PRESIDENT OBAMA IS WATCHING THE TOD CREW WITH AN EAGLE EYE……SO EVERYONE BEHAVE!!

Vice President Biden will be holding down the fort… until President Obama gets back.

H/T  TODer @Arapaho415 https://twitter.com/arapaho415

Pope Francis meets Vice President Joe Biden and his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, after his installation Mass at the Vatican on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA CELEBRATES WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AT THE WHITE HOUSE

http://wh.gov/sPD6

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the Women’s History Month reception in the East Room of the White House, March 18, 2013. Standing at right are First Lady Michelle Obama and Amanda McMillan, who introduced the President.

President Barack Obama and Dr. Jill Biden welcome Cathy Russell to the stage after the President announced her nomination as Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues

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