Posts Tagged ‘Brazil
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Early Bird Chat
Couldn't be prouder of #TeamUSA. Your determination and passion inspired so many of us. You carried that flag high tonight, @Simone_Biles!
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President Obama (@POTUS) August 22, 2016We couldn't be prouder of you, #TeamUSA! Thank you for inspiring so many young people around the world to reach for their dreams. -mo
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) August 22, 201620
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Olympics Domination
#BlackGirlMagic #USA https://t.co/abcPhDlBzj
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(@kovermej) August 20, 2016Many of 2016 Olympics' most memorable moments have come courtesy of African-American women abcn.ws/2bByQus https://t.co/wSU24i5Wok
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ABC News (@ABC) August 20, 2016****
She stands alone.
Allyson Felix is the first woman in history with 5 career Olympic track & field golds. https://t.co/mLrrnfz04r
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ESPN (@espn) August 20, 2016#BlackGirlMagic sweeps 100m hurdles! #GOLD - @Bri_Rollin
#SILVER - @ItsPooda
#BRONZE - @KristiHollywood
#Rio2016 https://t.co/dbD4C8Cf7z
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NBC BLK (@NBCBLK) August 18, 201613
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Tweets Of The Day
OMG YES. #rio2016 https://t.co/MSLy1dTB2H
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Awesomely Luvvie (@Luvvie) August 12, 2016Never forget.
They drained an entire swimming pool because Dorothy Dandridge stuck her toe in it.
That is why Simone Manuel is important
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George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) August 12, 2016****
Congrats to #MichelleCarter on winning USA's first ever Olympic gold medal in women's shot put! #blackgirlmagic https://t.co/nrhxAg8y0y
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#becauseofthemwecan (@Becauseofthem) August 13, 2016Wonder Women for real. #SimoneBiles #SimoneManuel #Olympics https://t.co/MpEGtMg5vG
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Jermaine Dickerson (@jermainedesign) August 13, 2016****
Don't worry White people. We'll save you. twitter.com/johnjharwood/s…
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Slacks (@JaySlacks) August 05, 2016Polls show African American support of @realDonaldTrump approaches 0%, proving they are the only sane and intelligent voting block in USA.
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Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) August 11, 2016****
Katie Ledecky, pictured with the 7 next best swimmers in the world. https://t.co/3C08xu9DL7
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Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) August 13, 2016Quote of the day by the one and only @Simone_Biles 👏👏 #USA #ArtisticGymnastics Individual All-Around #Gold medallist https://t.co/QlEvmObKcv
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Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) August 11, 201605
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Ready. Set. Olympics!
Ready to root on #TeamUSA! Our team's unity and diversity makes us so proud - and reminds the world why America sets the gold standard.
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President Obama (@POTUS) August 05, 2016****
This team is showing the world the face of the global refugee crisis. My msg on historic, inspiring #TeamRefugees:
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Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) August 05, 2016"Bring home the gold for the Red, White, and Blue" —@POTUS wishing @TeamUSA luck ahead of the #OpeningCeremony snpy.tv/2aH9jiE
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 05, 2016
President Barack Obama, surrounded by Cabinet officials and members of Congress, signs a series of bills during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Included in the bills signed is the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015
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President Barack Obama’s signature is seen on H.R. 1295 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015. The president signed into law two hard-fought bills giving him greater authority to negotiate international trade deals and providing aid to workers whose jobs are displaced by such pacts
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The two trade bills @POTUS signed today will put American workers first → go.wh.gov/gMn4fm #LeadOnTrade snpy.tv/1JtpxdM
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2015President Obama's trade deal will lock in the strongest labor protections ever → go.wh.gov/gMn4fm #LeadOnTrade http://t.co/6ASH30MPqS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2015****
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President Obama's trade deal will:
Protect our oceans.
Combat illegal wildlife trafficking.
Combat illegal logging. http://t.co/e3xxmqMy3X
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 29, 2015"The second bill...renews and expands the Trade Adjustment Assistance program" —@POTUS #LeadOnTrade http://t.co/tdDdVJTWyE
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White House Live (@WHLive) June 29, 2015****
President Barack Obama and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at 2015 MORE Impact Awards Luncheon at The Newseum
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Video Here
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Check out @FLOTUS' remarks about #LetGirlsLearn. What are YOU going to do to help? whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi…
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 29, 2015****
Actress Robin Wright
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Diplomat In Chief
The Handshake
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuba’s President Raul Castro
President Castro blocks out reporters’ questions
President Obama holds a news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City
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Obama: "Cuba is not a threat to the United States."
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NBC News (@NBCNews) April 11, 2015****
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President Obama meets with Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff
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Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne (front L), Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (front R), U.S President Barack Obama (back L), Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell (second row R) and Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez (top R) wave during the family photo of the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama City
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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa smiles as he listens to remarks by President Barack Obama during the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama
President Obama, flanked by National Security Advisor Susan Rice, gives remarks at the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas
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With Secretary John Kerry
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Homeward bound
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Rise and Shine
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Today (All Times Eastern)
10:0: Live from the First White House Makers Faire
10:45: President Obama views “Maker Faire” projects devoted to using science and technology to advance business, South Lawn
11:30: Delivers remarks at the White House Maker Faire, East Room
12:15: Meets with economists for lunch, Roosevelt Room
12:45: Jay Carney briefs the press
3:0: The President meets with members of the Congressional Leadership
5:10: Meets with Secretary of State Kerry
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President Barack Obama and Press Secretary Jay Carney disembark from Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Wednesday night, June 17, 2014. It was Carney’s last flight on Air Force One as White House Press Secretary. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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The Week Ahead
Thursday: The President will award Corporal William “Kyle” Carpenter, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry.
Friday: The President will meet with Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand.
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President Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) fundraiser gala in Gotham Hall, Tuesday, June 17
You can see a video of the President’s remarks here
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Save the date: The White House Summit on #WorkingFamilies is this Monday, June 23. ofa.bo/bri http://t.co/mEdDyYFphT
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 17, 2014****
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NYT: Obama Is Said To Consider Selective Airstrikes On Sunni Militants
President Obama is considering a targeted, highly selective campaign of airstrikes against Sunni militants in Iraq similar to counterterrorism operations in Yemen, rather than the widespread bombardment of an air war, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. Such a campaign, most likely using drones, could last for a prolonged period, the official said. But it is not likely to begin for days or longer, and would hinge on the United States’ gathering adequate intelligence about the location of the militants, who are intermingled with the civilian population in Mosul, Tikrit and other cities north of Baghdad. Even if the president were to order strikes, they would be far more limited in scope than the air campaign conducted during the Iraq war, this official said, because of the relatively small number of militants involved, the degree to which they are
dispersed throughout militant-controlled parts of Iraq and fears that using bigger bombs would kill Sunni civilians. At a meeting with his national security advisers at the White House on Monday evening, the official said, Mr. Obama was presented with a “sliding scale” of military options, which range from supplying the beleaguered Iraqi Army with additional advisers, intelligence and equipment to conducting strikes targeting members of the militant group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Much of the emphasis at the meeting, the official said, was on how to gather useful intelligence about the militants. They are not wearing uniforms or sleeping in barracks; and while there may be periodic convoys to strike, there are no columns of troops or vehicles.
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David D. Kirkpatrick: Brazen Figure May Hold Key To Mysteries
Ahmed Abu Khattala was always open about his animosity toward the United States, and even about his conviction that Muslims and Christians were locked in an intractable religious war. During the assault on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on the night of Sept. 11, 2012, Mr. Abu Khattala was a vivid presence. Witnesses saw him directing the swarming attackers who ultimately killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Afterward, he offered contradictory denials of his role, sometimes trying to say that he did not do it but strongly approved. He appeared to enjoy his notoriety. Captured by military commandos and law enforcement agents early on Monday, Mr. Abu Khattala may now help address some of the persistent questions about the identity and motives of the attackers.
NYT has always stood by reporting that video played role in Benghazi: Oct. 2012 ( huff.to/1dhKs1p) Dec. 2013 ( huff.to/1gg9SNx)
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Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) June 17, 2014The thriving industry of conspiracy theories, political scandals, talk show chatter and congressional hearings may now confront the man federal investigators say played the central role in the attack. On the day of the attack, Islamists in Cairo had staged a demonstration outside the United States Embassy there to protest an American-made online video mocking Islam, and the protest culminated in a breach of the embassy’s walls — images that flashed through news coverage around the Arab world. As the attack in Benghazi was unfolding a few hours later, Mr. Abu Khattala told fellow Islamist fighters and others that the assault was retaliation for the same insulting video, according to people who heard him.
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(Dislike the title. Intriguing article.)
Ben Geman: Obama’s Coded Climate Politics
President Obama’s climate speech Saturday got plenty of press for its lengthy assault on global-warming denial. But what excited an aggressive wing of the climate movement were just a few cryptic words elsewhere in the commencement address at the University of California (Irvine): “You need to invest in what helps, and divest from what harms.” Activists pushing universities and other institutions to dump their financial holdings in coal and oil-and-gas companies believe they heard an unmistakable White House endorsement.
“People are thrilled about it,” Jamie Henn of 350.org, one of the groups leading the divestment movement, said of Obama’s comments Saturday. “Students will be taking the president’s message to their college presidents and boards of trustees,” he said of the fossil-fuel-divestment campaign, which also includes the Energy Action Coalition, the Responsible Endowments Coalition, the Sierra Student Coalition, and groups on specific campuses. The founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben, a high-profile climate activist, has been a major divestment advocate.
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After just a few hours, there's already enough material for The Top 10 GOP Complaints About Abu Khattala's Capture on.msnbc.com/1i8Hdz5
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Steve Benen (@stevebenen) June 17, 2014****
The Question Nobody is Asking About Obama's Totally Suspicious Timing (TM) of the Benghazi Terrorist Capture thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/6/17…
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Spandan @ TPV (@thepeoplesview) June 18, 2014****
NYT: U.S. Defends Prosecuting Benghazi Suspect In Civilian Rather Than Military Court
Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday sharply criticized the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute the suspected leader of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, in the civilian criminal justice system, arguing that he should be questioned and tried by the military. The White House quickly pushed back. “Some have suggested that he should go to Gitmo,” said Caitlin Hayden, a White House spokeswoman. “Let me rule that out from the start.” “We have had substantial success delivering swift justice to terrorists through our federal court system,” she added. Greg Doherty, the brother of one of the attack’s victims, Glen A. Doherty, said he supported the decision to try Mr. Abu Khattala in a civilian court. “I think that’s what we should do with criminals, which is try them,” he said.
The Obama administration has sought to close the Guantánamo prison and refused to send newly captured prisoners there, instead using federal courts to prosecute terrorism cases that arose after Mr. Obama took office. The military commissions system, which the Bush administration established and Congress revised in 2009, has struggled. Appeals courts have vacated the convictions of the only two Guantánamo detainees who were tried for war crimes before a military commission — as opposed to pleading guilty without a trial and giving up a right to appeal — because of flaws that would likely not have been a problem in civilian court.
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Daily Beast: Why Delta Force Waited So Long To Grab A Benghazi Ringleader
The mission to capture Ahmed abu Khatallah, one of the ringleaders of the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya was more than a year in the making. In the months leading up to the raid, teams from the Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, or Delta Force, practiced the extradition on a mock-up of abu Khatallah’s compound at Fort Bragg, according to a U.S. military contractor familiar with the planning for the mission. Eventually, it was a Delta Team with embedded FBI agents on Sunday that snagged the man wanted for the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens, State Department officer Sean Smith and CIA contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. The Obama administration has come under withering criticism because the whereabouts of abu Khatallah have been generally known.
But other U.S. officials, who spoke to The Daily Beast anonymously because they were not authorized to talk to the press, said the mission to grab abu Khatallah had been planned for more than a year. Indeed, the Benghazi ringleader had been in the sights of Delta Force operators at the end of August, according to these sources, but no order was given at the time. A senior administration official told The Daily Beast that the delay in apprehending the suspect was due in part to requests from the Justice Department to gather appropriate evidence to prosecute him in criminal court. The practice and patience paid off, apparently. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday’s raid resulted in no casualties. “Khatallah currently faces criminal charges on three counts, and we retain the option of adding additional charges in the coming days,” said Attorney General Eric Holder in a statement Tuesday.
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CBS Local: New York, Chicago, Hawaii Bid For Obama Presidential Library
At least six locations in three different states, including New York, entered official bids by Monday’s deadline in an effort to house Barack Obama’s presidential library. Columbia University, where Obama got his undergraduate degree, pitched a West Harlem site.
Four of the confirmed bidders are from Chicago, the president’s hometown, and a fifth was expected. Obama’s birth state of Hawaii also offered an oceanfront location in Honolulu.
While the Obama Foundation, which is planning the library, declined to confirm the bids it has received, planners for the six widely reported potential locations all confirmed they had submitted proposals. All see the library and museum as a potential driver of economic development. The University of Chicago cited a study it commissioned that concluded the library would draw 800,000 visitors a year and create 1,900 permanent jobs.
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Simon Maloy: Stop Treating War-Crazy Buffoons As Experts! They Got It Wrong, Remember?
If you were asked to identify a single moment that best captures the failure of elite media outlets to act as agents of accountability, you could do worse than David Gregory asking Paul Wolfowitz on “Meet the Press” this weekend what we should do, “as a policy matter,” to deal with the deteriorating situation in Iraq. Wolfowitz, as deputy secretary of defense from 2001 to 2005, was one of the chief visionaries and supporters of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. And he got just about everything wrong, from the cost of the war to the presence of WMD. And he doesn’t particularly care. In an interview with the Sunday Times last March, Wolfowitz made the argument that even though they got it wrong on WMD in 2003,
everything they said was happening (but wasn’t) would likely have happened later. “We would very likely either have had to go through this whole scenario all over but probably with higher costs for having delayed, or we’d be in a situation today where not only Iran was edging towards nuclear weapons but so was Iraq and also Libya.” What price did Wolfowitz pay for his part in the biggest American foreign policy disaster of that last generation? George Bush nominated him to the presidency of the World Bank. While at the World Bank he violated ethics rules and caused a scandal that paralyzed the institution. He was forced to resign after governments around the world called for him to be fired.
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BREAKING: In landmark decision, U.S. Patent Office cancels trademark for Redskins football team thkpr.gs/1qd1vXZ
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 18, 2014****
U.S. Patent Office cancels trademark for Redskins because the name is “disparaging to Native Americans” thkpr.gs/1r6Y9ps
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) June 18, 2014****
Travis Waldron: In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus cannot be trademarked under federal law that prohibits the protection of offensive or disparaging language. The U.S. PTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued a ruling in the case, brought against the team by plaintiff Amanda Blackhorse, Wednesday morning. “We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered,” the board wrote in its opinion.
“The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board agreed with our clients that the team’s name and trademarks disparage Native Americans. The Board ruled that the Trademark Office should never have registered these trademarks in the first place,” Jesse Witten, the plaintiffs’ lead attorney, said in a press release. “We presented a wide variety of evidence – including dictionary definitions and other reference works, newspaper clippings, movie clips, scholarly articles, expert linguist testimony, and evidence of the historic opposition by Native American groups – to demonstrate that the word ‘redskin’ is an ethnic slur.”
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Sen. Harry Reid The Awesome!
Some Republicans are so obsessed with criticizing the President that they insult the great work of our men and women in uniform. Pathetic.
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Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 17, 2014****
From my experience, being on the wrong side of Dick Cheney is to be on the right side of history.
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Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 18, 2014****
Even in these days of polarization, some of Republican reactions are shocking and disgusting: talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/distr…
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Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 17, 2014****
Dear Washington football team management,
Thanks for the invite, but I won't consider it until you change the name.
reid.senate.gov/press_releases…
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Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 16, 2014****
Bonus
If producers marched into TV studios and removed Bush/Cheney neocons from cable news shows, they'd be greeted as liberators.
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Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 18, 2014****
On This Day
President Obama (background in Oval Office) chats before a lunch with members of the press in his private dining room, on June 18, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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After playing a round of golf, President Obama has a drink with Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House John Boehner, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, at Joint Base Andrews, June 18, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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First Lady Michelle Obama with Sasha and Malia during a visit to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains National Park in Ireland, on June 18, 2013.
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Early Bird Chat
World Cup-related randomness: President Obama plays soccer with children at the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela Community Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Friday!
