A World War Two veteran greets President Barack Obama as they participate in the 70th French-American commemoration D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 6, 2014
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Continuing live streaming from France
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President Obama travels from Normandy to Paris this afternoon where he will meet with embassy staff and family members. He then returns to Washington – he is scheduled to arrive at 8:45 PM ET.
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The President’s address this morning
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An Image or Two from France
@Stcrow: AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTO – President Obama, Queen Elizabeth, Petro Poroshenko, President-Elect of Ukraine (left) and Putin on right
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Putin’s expression when President Obama arrived for #DDay70 and WWII veterans and leaders gave him a standing ovation pic.twitter.com/Jv6lMGRgzI
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 6, 2014
Best split screen of all time? Moment Putin and Obama both realise they are on screen together #DDay #nobloodloss http://t.co/g2usb7hMU2
— SanitaryOwl.com (@SanitaryOwl) June 6, 2014
Video: President Obama, Like a Boss, v Putin http://t.co/5hJTOW6QcS
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 6, 2014
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President Obama and Russian President Putin pose during a group photo for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Benouville June 6, 2014. Between Obama and Putin are (L-R) Britian’s Queen Elizabeth, French President Francois Hollande and Danish Queen Margrethe II
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Well, that’s appropriate: Red light reflected from the carpet illuminates Russian President Putin ….. pic.twitter.com/lsjPIF8gc4
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 6, 2014
President Obama helps Queen Elizabeth down the steps while a grumpy Vladmir Putin stands to the side. #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/PSgVyNIzkM
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 6, 2014
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Greeting Veterans
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President Obama with Prince Charles at Sword Beach this morning
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President of France Francois Hollande speaks while flanked by President Barack Obama, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a luncheon for Heads of State at Chateau de Benouville in Benouville
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If Chuck Todd wrote captions: ‘Angry Veterans Shun Obama in Normandy’ pic.twitter.com/Ma9BTImbwX
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 6, 2014
Queen: ‘Barack? Vlad is staring at us. Shall one tell him to fock off?’ pic.twitter.com/OyKcd5rlNo
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 6, 2014
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And Today’s BIG News:
Steve Benen: Job creation remains steady, 217k jobs added in May
Once in a while, the expectations for the new jobs report and the actual data line up remarkably well.
The new report from Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the U.S. economy added 217,000 jobs in May, which is almost exactly what economists expected. The overall unemployment rate, meanwhile, remained at 6.3% – still at its lowest point since September 2008, nearly six years ago.
… All told, over the last 12 months, the U.S. economy has added over 2.38 million jobs overall and 2.36 million in the private sector. What’s more, May was the 51st consecutive month in which we’ve seen private-sector job growth. The year isn’t quite half over, but 2014 is currently on track to be the best year for U.S. job creation since 1999.
More here
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We’re back, baby. pic.twitter.com/dRcVzEO9R9
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) June 6, 2014
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Since Obamacare was passed 50 months ago, health care has gained almost 1 million jobs. (982,300, to be more specific.)
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 6, 2014
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to put May’s 217K job growth in recent historical perspective: in 2005, best job creation year under Bush, average monthly gain was 209K
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 6, 2014
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It’s a record streak of 51 conseuctive monthly job gains. pic.twitter.com/2nBFJWQQvL
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) June 6, 2014
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On This Day
June 6, 2009 – Pete Souza” “After his speech in Normandy, a crush of people tried to get close to the President to shake his hand. I noticed this guy waiting patiently and then literally being pushed back into the crowd. I felt bad for him, and mentioned the incident to the President’s trip director, Marvin Nicholson. Marvin pulled the guy out of the crowd, found him a wheel chair, and brought him over to meet the President. He was a French veteran. The man’s face shows his emotion.”
American D-Day veteran Clyde Combs gets a hug from President Obama at the Normandy American Cemetery on June 6, 2009 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France
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President Obama views a math project during a tour of Mooresville Middle School in Moorseville, N.C., Thursday, June 6, 2013
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The Obama Diary 
good morning e1
99ts!!!!! Hole smokes, is this a first?? 🙂
Actually and morally 🙂
Ooooooooooh! 😆
And where is my gold cup?
De na!
Dats cute – I was a little worried as to what you might find – blessings for the good news Ms Chips
If you want a topless photo of Wayne Rooney, just ask – absolutely NO problem!
It’s not pictures of your hero Rooney that worry me – think I’ll quit while I’m ahead!
How cute! And congrats 99ts on First – way to go!!!!!
There are a couple of comics on LGF blog most days. Not sure if politically correct – but a fun take on world events this day.
Wow! Gold medal for 99ts!!! ⭐
thank you nclb – enjoy your day
Brilliant. Awesome. Fantastic. What a Job!
❤ it. Thank you, Lady Chips.
🙂 Thank you Nena!
Wonderful as POTUS said. Just Wonderful 😉
Solid Gold ⭐ for 99ts 😉 Congrats.
Thank you Nena – still waiting for the gold cup from Ms Chips 🙂
You can click on the pictures to see the full version
NW you truly are a Force of Nature. I am at awe at your speed, dedication and activism. Thank You.
Thanks, Nena.
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL AND I LOVED THE PHOTO OF THE RED CARPET REFLECTION ON VLAD’S FACE…INDEED…APPROPRIATE!
NW, that’s pretty clever there girl 🙂
Morning everyone! I was just luxuriating over this post and these photos:)
I know we tend to focus on PBO here, but I just have to say, Queen Elizabeth, in the group photo, has an absolutely radiant smile.
She lived through the horror of WWII. She was a truck medic-driver or doing some mechanic job during that time….a teenager, I believe.
japa, she does look pretty happy to be around PBO, doesn’t she? 😉
OMG, that was a haunting and stunning performance. Incredibly moving. And healing.
I am so proud of my POTUS that I don’t know what to do with myself. Even he last words as Hollande grabbed him to say good bye were so right.
Very happy for the somewhat unpopular François Hollande to have pulled this one off. Very beautiful, thoughtful, and well executed.
That ceremony was so moving; I cried tears of sorrow and joy. I am so hopeful for our common futures when I am reminded of how much the world can accomplish when we work together. The days of Vlad and those we aspire to be like him are numbered; he needs to get onboard the 21st century before its forward march mows him down and under.
Fabulous pictures, Chiparoo. Thanks!
I just don’t get the point of walking around with these big ass guns on them? No one will ever be able to explain this to me with any clarity. And yes if this situation were reversed the brother would be handcuffed and face down on the truck of a police vehicle. #smh 🙄
You know this young brother is thinking “there would be a Rodney King beat down going on if this was me with this weapon”
100% true.
A Black person cannot walk down the streets of America carrying that same weapon and not have 100 calls placed to 911 faster than one can say Jack.
So true NW.
This guy must be thinking, “I wonder if me and several of my friends could walk around my local Target with assault rifles and get cheered by Fox news and the open carry advocates?”
Trayvon Martin was armed with skittles and an iced tea…. so… no.
A man accidentally shot and killed himself while driving Wednesday afternoon down a Tennessee highway, Chattanooga TV station WTVC reported.
James Anthony McKenzie, 49, shot himself in the thigh with a .45 caliber handgun as he drove, Meigs County Detective Scott Wiggins said. A call came in for deputies to respond to a seizure, he said, but when they arrived McKenzie had apparently bled to death from the wound in his thigh.
The man was in the car alone, according to WTVC, and deputies were trying to determine how the gun discharged. McKenzie held a valid permit for the firearm.
I just read this too. Yup. GUNS ACTUALLY KILL PEOPLE, NRA!!
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/susan-rice-scolds-media-for-trying-bergdahl-in-court-of-public-opinion/
“He is, as all Americans, innocent until proven guilty,” she continued. “He is now being tried in the court of public opinion after having gone through enormously traumatic five years of captivity. His parents, the same.”
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Note the post was slanted by a right leaning Mediaite cut and paste writer.
Hence….I copied and posted one sentence.
Wow – suddenly the news is all good and folks are having a great time – what a difference a day makes.
Although the shooting news from Seattle was heartbreaking – that it took a good guy with a pepper spray to bring him down – just has to be good news for those who support some control on guns – not to mention those who were in the vicinity. Fast thinking young man, has earned the thanks of all.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/heroes-helped-stop-gunman-seattle-pacific-university
These two pictures five years apart say it all.
PRECIOUS INDEED…JUST LIKE THE COMPASSION OF OUR PRESIDENT WHO WEARS HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE WHEN OTHERS NEED COMFORT.
Sorry…but they all look like they’re sleeping:) Was President Hollande’s speech THAT boring?
https://twitter.com/JeffersonObama
Sorry
Ha! It says the mic is set up for PBO not Hollande
Yes…and look at the veterans behind him…all snoozing:)
I think they were just resting knowing very well how much energy they were going to spend listening to/applauding PBO’s words
Wow.
Did Eifel build Statue of Liberty ?
http://www.statueofliberty.org/statue_history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Auguste_Bartholdi
Interesting! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1mwCn6yVDMf45PrHYtSFnsC/d-day-8am-news
Benedict Cumberbatch reads the 8am news from D-Day
Benedict Cumberbatch reads from the original radio news script from 6 June, 1944.
@JER, wherever you are. Thank you soooo much for the history of African-Americans on D -Day. That was my father’s generation. He so wanted to serve as a chaplain during the war, but he was not able to.
The series is very moving, and extremely informative. Thanks, again.
Chips!
Hahahaha!
I have a strong hunch that is exactly what they were discussing, GGail! 🙂
LOL!!!
Although – that’s Camilla to POTUS left, they could also be talking about all the white hair the three of them have 😯
All very emotional and moving—–with some intriguing tidbits——beautiful photos. Much pride that Barack Obama is our president.
Chips, Thank you SO much for posting the complete video of the President’s speech. It was absolutely masterful….beautiful, moving, compassionate……when shall we see his equal again!
A pleasure Carolyn, thank you – a beautiful speech!
OUCH. This is the flip flopper guy that doesn’t like others to call him a liar…even when he lies….MSM eats it up and someone this guy is supposed to represent honor? smh
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2014/6/6/84340/46989?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boomantribune%2FSvpw+%28Booman+Tribune%29
Deputy Shot At Georgia County Courthouse, Suspect Dead
A Forsyth County, Georgia deputy was shot in the leg Friday morning at the county courthouse and the suspect is dead, Atlanta TV station WSB reported.
Law enforcement sources told WSB that the suspect drove up to the Forsyth County Administration Building armed with “an assault rifle, bullet proof vest, smoke grenades and a gas mask.” Deputies came out of the building to confront him.
Forsyth County Sheriff Duane Piper said the suspect is dead and the deputy is expected to recover.
The courthouse and surrounding businesses were on lockdown, according to WSB. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported that a bomb squad was on site to search for potential explosives.
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News from the guns anywhere State ! Jason Carter voted for this.
Has POTUS left for USA yet?
Or
Is POTUS still in France?
BBL
President Obama is heading to Paris to meet with U.S. Embassy staff, I believe. Then he will head back home tonight, France time.
Okay. Thanks for the news NW.
Republican legislators in Michigan tried to prove they understand women by showing that they read women’s magazines. The result wasn’t what the lawmakers had hoped for.
On Thursday, Michigan Public Radio Network reporter Jake Neher tweeted a picture of state Reps. Roger Victory, Peter Pettalia and Ben Glardon reading Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar.
“Don’t say we don’t understand women,” Pettalia said, jokingly, according to Neher.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michigan-republicans-women-s-magazines
Asses
Good that Christiane Amanpour made sure to acknowledge the love, cheers, admiration, and respect President Obama has been receiving on the world stage.
It burns the media and GOP that he is so well liked.
These huge cheers and open, deep admiration for President Obama are part of the reason R’s hate him so…he is everything THEY are not and never will be.
She really didn’t hold back. I was shocked!
Wow, reporting the facts and stating the obvious, what a concept. President Obama is loved and admired. Thank you Christian Amanpour for piercing the media firewall with a bit of truth. Can’t you just imagine producers in the CNN control booth saying ‘cut her mic’, ‘cut her mic’ – facts are escaping.
Thank you Christiane Amanpour for stating , CLEARLY, what we here all know: President Obama is VERY POPULAR oversees.
TAke THAT, Joe Scarborough !!
This probably needs to be tweeted to JoScar for there was a post earlier that stated that the serial wife cheater said today that he was in Paris, France and people kept coming to him to tell the LAIRING SOB, that they couldn’t stand POTUS?
Now the video was in France and people were loudly cheering. This would make JoBlow’s head implode 😆
Truly, President Obama belongs to the world, in an incredible way. He is too much for us to contain, and others all want part of him. I just thrilled to his giant, enthusiastic welcome……..
perfect comment, carolyn.
If only ALL listened Bob..
Actually, Layla, I think the majority of folk are listening and the reception our President receives wherever he goes is why the #NEOCONSTERS and thugs like Tzar Vlad are so threatened.
Hope you are feeling as well as possible, Layla!!
Sounds like he was speaking to GWB and Putin.
IN_DEED, Gail!!
Yes, Bob, that comment really stood out when he gave his speech and darned if I didn’t think immediately of Ukraine and Putin’s claiming spoils and land he hasn’t earned and hasn’t the remotest right to. The president’s digs are subtly, but they’re very deep.
Thank you, Ms. Chips for a beautiful R&S!
After all that has occurred this week, it is with great honor and respect that I share this Scripture with TOD.
It is our President’s faith that he goes to when weeks, days and moths like we have witnessed here try to overtake him
Deuteronomy 28:7
“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.”
Exceptional LDS and being played out! TY The Lord is with Him
INDEED….HE IS!
You are so welcome, Layla.
I have to constantly remind myself when things go crazy around him that he is covered. He has the love and respect of TOD here even if we do not all agree on everything.
I just returned from a women’s conference of over 3,000 women praying daily for POB and his family since day one. So I have come to a place of total PEACE knowing that we may never witness a human being like PBO again in our lives
And just for the record………
Yes, they are committed to voting in 2014. But HRC is not everyone’s favorite. So she needs to regroup, rethink and tell Billary to chill.
We ain’t playing with her nor her pantsuits. Joe Biden is still my #1choice.
Bless you LDS! ❤
GGail, we are ALL truly blessed to experience this exceptional leadership.
Today is so beautiful I just want to hug everybody!
Did GWB ever do these D-Days memorium? I can’t and don’t want to remember.
I am sure it was nothing ever like what we have seen with POB.
Okay, I am getting weepy just thinking about it all will come to an end.
I know, how selfish of me…..
Let’s just live in the present LDS and enjoy {{{hugs}}}
LDS, you so completely thrilled me telling about the conference of 3,000 women who pray daily for our president and his family. Indeed, I believe their prayers have been answered, and are being answered. He is doing what we elected him to do, and he is surrounded by the prayers of this group, and I know of other groups also. Thank you for telling us.
Carolyn, you are so welcome.
If you only knew how my heart leeps for joy whenever I hear openly him and his family’s names being lifted up in prayer.
I share this Blog with everyone I meet so they can be better informed.
It is going to get so evil before he leaves office due to the fact every attempt they have tried to throw at him has and will fail.
So they are going to try harder to undo and blemish his record( with the help of the jealous Dems)
But I feel that he will be able to do more when he can speak freely and openly as a citizen.
They should and will be more afraid of Mr. President Obama because he knows that they know he knows what they don’t want us to know.
And we have two daughters who just may follow in their father’s footsteps, if need be.
I am sad yet, optimistic that POB will never be done even when his term is over.
On the other hand, I am going to need therapy and long, long walks.
Please don’t be surprise if I arrive in your state during one of my “therapy walks”.
See you on the other post.
They c
Oh, wow!
“Now this idea is for an exchange of prisoners for our American fighting man. I would be inclined to support such a thing depending on a lot of the details.”
–Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), interview on CNN, Feb. 18, 2014
“We were never told that there would be an exchange of Sergeant Bergdahl for five Taliban.”
–McCain, interview on CNN, June 3, 2014
I think he should be completely ignored, he is not a man but a lying coward. When he talks only people like him listen, everyone else has moved on
“depending on a lot of the details” was just his way to give himself some wiggle room, so he could decide later if he was for it or against it, depending on the political necessity.
The ” details ” did not change from Feb.
Chipsticks…did you change the formatting for AMK? I have a light gray background and a different font.
Oops…refreshed and now the old format is back. Not sure what happened.
But…
I stopped at ‘Russian president Putin says…’
With VPutin, seeing is believing.
Yes Chipsticks he is doing us proud AGAIN!
PO = sexy
I love this photo:
Meta, I hope people tell you every day just how awesome you are!
Oh, you’re the sweetest. You just made my day! Thank you, Layla!
meta – thanks!
MY pleasure, Cali Gail!
❤
Meta, you are so loved.
TY!
Oh, thanks, guys. Such a pleasure to be a part of this community. XOXO
the ears. 😀
Awesome. The Long face and the eye brows look similar.
Thanks Meta 😉
Meta, thanks for this. The president has his grandfather’s strong chin.
Wow! I can totally see the resemblance! especially around the top half of the face and eyes (PBO seems to have his mom’s eyes). I’ve only seen pics of his grandfather from later years. Thank you for this Meta!
Thank you, Mr. President.
Job well done……AGAIN!
Welcome home.
He’s Coming Home ❤ it.
Pres-elect is saying “yeah, I see you…you piece of s_ _t”
LOL!!! Look at the happy guy in the middle!
Belgium’s Prime Minister is the ‘happy guy’ 🙂
love di rupo’s expression, i.e. the rest of the world’s expression!
Putin is a 5′ 6/7″ man…..probably too timid to look up at a Tall leader with full hair on his head. ;).
Putin acts like a spoiled brat. He doesn’t have the class or the gravitas to operate on the world stage, He is doing Russia no favors with this behavior.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/06/the-cheer-heard-around-the-world/
Donna, I saw this three weeks ago. It is truly magnificent.
I will be back to see the African American National Museum in 2015, if not sooner.
I love visiting D.C., now. I must confess never felt a part or desire to in the past.
The National Harbor is beginning to be my favorite hang out place to go. That huge Ferris wheel draws me even more. It is so beautiful at night.
Okay. Truth be told, it is the new Tanger outlet(too rich for me, though).
I hear a casino is in the making. Not for me though, I rather spend my money on good ice cream and chocolate. I found a spot and you know when you have been to a place one times too many when they hide the little taster spoons.
Oh, well it is my vacation and “I vacation like I mean it.”