Archive for March 23rd, 2015

23
Mar
15

A Tweet Or Two

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https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/580147308492386305

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https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/580085426020581376

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Thanks, Bob

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Conservatives sure love the death penalty even though it’s been proven time and time again that many innocent people are currently languishing in prison

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https://twitter.com/thekarami/status/580139603312713728

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https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/580047424531668992

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What’s that? Oh, just the middle fingers of millions of people going up at this BS “apology”

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23
Mar
15

The President’s Day

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President Barack Obama announces more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of STEM fields. This year’s White House Science Fair is focused on diversity.

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President Barack Obama laughs as Stephanie Bullock, 15, of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, far right, explains her team’s rocket design during the President’s tour of the White House Science Fair. With Bullock are Maria Haywood, 12, and Shimeeka Stanley, 14

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President Barack Obama poses with six-year-old Girl Scouts from Tulsa, Okla. during the White House Science Fair. The Girl Scouts, including, Emily Bergenroth, Alicia Cutter, Karissa Cheng, Addy O’Neal, and Emery Dodson, used Lego pieces and designed a battery-powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis

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Sahil Doshi, 14, of Pittsburgh shows his carbon-dioxide powered battery idea to President Barack Obama

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President Barack Obama tries out a wheelchair with a design modification that makes wheelchair movements easier by Kaitlin Reed, 16, of Dover, Mass., next to Mohammed Sayed, 16, of Cambridge, Mass., who is originally from Afghanistan, and designed a 3D-printed modular arm. Obama will announce more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of those fields, known as STEM. This year’s fair is focused on diversity.

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Harry Paul, 18, of Port Washington, N.Y., shows President Barack Obama his “growing spine implant” that helps in the treatment of scoliosis

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Obama deadpans a remark to reporters about how impressed he is by the work of Gupta as Obama plays host to the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington

President Barack Obama deadpans a remark to reporters about how impressed he is by the work of Anvita Gupta, 17, from Scottsdale, Arizona, about developing a computer algorithm to assess drugs’ effectiveness in the fight against Ebola, Cancer, and Tuberculosis

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President Barack Obama looks at the invention of Sergio Corral and Isela Martinez from Phoenix, Arizona, leaders of the robotics program from Carl Hayden High School

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Tiye Garrett-Mills, of Denver, Colorado, shows President Barack Obama her technique for scanning leaf structures

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Cruz smiles as Obama mentions him in his remarks at the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington

Victor Cruz of the NFL’s New York Giants smiles as President Barack Obama mentions him in his remarks

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President Barack Obama reacts while listening attentively to Nikhil Behari, 14, from Sewickley, Pennsylvania, who is designing a biometric security system for computers to help identify a user by their typing style

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Nye acknowledges applause as Obama mentions him in his remarks at the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington

Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ acknowledges applause as U.S. President Barack Obama mentions him in his remarks

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Obama speaks with Sonsteby and Peifer about their invention, as he plays host to the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington

President Barack Obama speaks with Kristian Sonsteby and Corine Peifer of Pennsylvania, about their invention of a power generator which stores energy created by the natural motion of a floating dock moving up and down with a lake’s natural currents

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Obama speaks with Pandya about her nanotechnology project as Obama plays host to the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington

President Barack Obama speaks with Ruchi Pandya from San Jose, California, about her nanotechnology project to test biological samples

Obama reacts to a group of six-year-old Girl Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who made a battery-powered page turner, as he plays host to the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House in Washington

Students laugh at a joke by Obama as he delivers remarks for the 2015 White House Science Fair at the White House

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President Barack Obama speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Md. SelectUSA, created in 2011, is the first-ever federal effort to bring job-creating investment to the United States, promoting the United States as the world’s premier business location, and providing easy access to federal-level programs and services related to business investment

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Obama pauses during remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland

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23
Mar
15

Inspirational!

President Obama shakes hands with a group of six-year-old Girls Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma who designed a battery powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis at the 2015 White House Science Fair

23
Mar
15

President Delivers Remarks at SelectUSA Investment Summit

2:10 EDT: President Obama Delivers Remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, National Harbor, Maryland

23
Mar
15

The White House Science Fair

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23
Mar
15

Rise and Shine

On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama hugs daughters Sasha, left, and Malia as they visit the Great Wall of China in Mutianyu, China, March 23, 2014 (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

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Today (all times Eastern)

11:10: The President views students’ projects at the White House Science Fair

11:45: Delivers remarks at the White House Science Fair, East Room

12:30: White House Press Briefing

2:10: The President delivers remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, National Harbor, Maryland

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On This Day

President Obama talks with National Economic Council Director Larry Summers and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner following a meeting in the Oval Office, March 23, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama checks his BlackBerry in a holding room before making remarks on the health insurance reform bill at the Department of Interior, March 23, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama gives a high five to 11-year-old Marcelas Owens of Seattle, Washington, after holding a rally celebrating the passage and signing into law of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance reform bill in Washington, DC, on Mar. 23. Owens lost his mother to illness before the health care legislation passed

President Obama delivers remarks on the health insurance reform bill at the Department of Interior, March 23, 2010. From left, Vice President Biden, Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, and 11-year-old Marcelas Owens of Seattle, Washington (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama signs the health insurance reform bill in the East Room of the White House, March 23, 2010 (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

President Obama embraces Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after signing the health insurance reform bill in the East Room of the White House, March 23, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, gives President Obama a “TEDSTRONG” bracelet, which shows support for cancer advocacy, in the Blue Room of the White House prior to the signing ceremony for the health insurance reform bill, March 23, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama confers with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, right, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, left, and Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, following a conference call on Libya with his national security team, in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 23, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama greets young people during a visit to the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 23, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha disembark Air Force One upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at the conclusion of their trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, March 23, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, and senior advisors in the Outer Oval Office prior to announcing Dr. Kim as his nominee to head the World Bank, March 23, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama is briefed in advance of his trip to the Republic of Korea during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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A United States Secret Service agent stands watch as Marine One descends towards a landing zone near Petra, Jordan, March 23, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

March 23, 2013: While touring the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, the President and Dr. Suleiman A.D. Al Farajat, a University of Jordan tourism professor, jumped from a ledge of the Nabataean Amphitheater (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama views the area near the Treasury during a walking tour of the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, March 23, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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First Lady Michelle Obama rides a toboggan at the Great Wall of China in Mutianyu, China, March 23, 2014 (Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

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MoooOOOooorning!

23
Mar
15

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama’s signature on the health insurance reform bill at the White House, March 23, 2010. The President signed the bill with 22 different pens. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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MoooOOOooorning!




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