The light switch is on the wall right by the door. twitter.com/tvietor08/stat…
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Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) February 06, 2017Posts Tagged ‘cabinet
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Pete Souza For The Win
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A Tweet Or Two
SPREAD THE WORD! Dr. Eliza Ann Grier, we celebrate you. go.usa.gov/urSB #blackhistorymonth #IncredibleWomen http://t.co/Jb4W6A8odF
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womenshealth.gov (@womenshealth) February 02, 2015President Obama meets with Clarence Jones, who worked with Martin Luther King. Jr. on his "I Have a Dream Speech." http://t.co/Ru3lF7djHg
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 03, 2015****
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Regina told POTUS the #ACA "forever altered" her life.
RT if you think House Repubs should put #PeopleOverPolitics http://t.co/TMe4iwUv8o
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) February 03, 2015House Republicans are voting to take health coverage away from millions of Americans.
RT if you agree that's wrong. http://t.co/PzJ5SgkTVA
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 03, 2015****
President Obama on the death of First Lieutenant Moaz al-Kasasbeh. http://t.co/7dn0G3szly
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 03, 2015#ThisIsMuath We should share his smile not #ISIS monstrosity.Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh news.sky.com/story/1420656/… http://t.co/xchdKIsdR5
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Joseph Willits (@josephwillits) February 03, 2015****
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At a meeting with King Abdullah II of #Jordan, the VP offered his condolences to the family of Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh. http://t.co/ry5dE0Y09Z
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Vice President Biden (@VP) February 03, 2015Guardian front page, Wednesday 4 February 2015: Jordan vows revenge on Isis over brutal death of hostage http://t.co/Lj5tAGRW1Y
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The Guardian (@guardian) February 03, 2015****
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The President’s Day
President Barack Obama speaks to members of the news media before a meeting with members of his cabinet at the White House
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President Barack Obama meets with bipartisian congressional leadership in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House. Also pictured is (L-R) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senator Charles Schumer.
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The President’s Day
President Obama and staff watch the U.S. soccer team vs Belgium in World Cup action in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium, July 1 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama speaks to the media during a meeting with his cabinet members in the Cabinet Room of the White House. From left are, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
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Attorney General Eric Holder
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
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With the Key Bridge, linking Washington and Northern Virginia in the background, President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and transportation, at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington. The President said 700,000 jobs could be at risk next year if Congress doesn’t quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs.
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"If this Congress does not act by the end of the summer, the Highway Trust Fund will run out. " —President Obama #RebuildAmerica
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 01, 2014****
"Middle-class families can’t wait for Congress to do these things, and I won’t." —Obama: wh.gov/year-of-action #RebuildAmerica
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 01, 2014****
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"Typically what gets reported on is just the politics...people don’t care about that. People just want to see some results." —Obama
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White House Live (@WHLive) July 01, 2014****
Obama: "If the American people put pressure on this town to actually get something done…we can grow our economy." #OpportunityForAll
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White House Live (@WHLive) July 01, 2014****
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13
The President And His Cabinet
President Barack Obama makes briefs remarks to the news media at the beginning of a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House
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President Barack Obama makes briefs remarks to the news media at the beginning of a cabinet meeting with (L-R) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Trade Representative Michael Froman, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, United Nations Abmassador Samantha Power, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Vice President Joe Biden in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Obama noted the absence of Secretary of State John Kerry who is in Geneva meeting with his Russian counterpart about Syria. Obama said he hopes that the meeting would yield concrete results.
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President Barack Obama makes briefs remarks to the news media at the beginning of a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House
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Freaking AWESOME News!
After 36 years, Voyager 1 has become the first human-made object to leave the solar system. OFA.BO/M6NPvp Congratulations @NASA.
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 12, 2013****
President Barack Obama makes briefs remarks to the news media at the beginning of a cabinet meeting with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in the Cabinet Room
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President Barack Obama speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House
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Rob Nabors
“He’s our Congress whisperer,” Obama adviser David Plouffe said of Nabors in a recent article in the Washington Post. “Rob’s got a great instinct for where the deal lies, what Democrats are willing to do, what Republicans are willing to do. He’ll say, ‘Here’s what’s going on, here are what the odds are of success.’ He doesn’t ever paint a rosier picture than exists.”
“He is very methodical and takes you through things point by point,” added David Krone, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid’s chief of staff in the same piece. “And if it is a point that is a priority [for the president], he makes that clear.”
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Pete Rouse
Inside the administration, he operates as Mr. Obama’s fixer.
“He puts fires out,” said Tom Daschle, who employed Mr. Rouse as a chief of staff when he was the Senate Democratic leader. “He’s the primary personnel negotiator. There’s constant friction, and he reduces the friction. There’s a constant need for somebody to do something for which there is no job description. He is that person.”….When Republicans rose up against the appointment of Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard professor, to oversee a new consumer protection agency, Mr. Rouse helped devise a strategy that ended with the president appointing Ms. Warren as a top-level adviser — a position that needed no Senate confirmation.
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Ernest Moniz
Obama considering MIT nuclear physicist E. Moniz 4 Energy Secretary, Looks like they want to keep Ash Carter #2 at DOD reut.rs/14Ttr9s
— The lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) February 7, 2013
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Feb
13
Undivided Attention
President Barack Obama listens to Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting on immigration with Cabinet members and advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 7 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Rise and Shine
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10:30: President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Karzai of Afghanistan
12:0: Meets for lunch with President Karzai; VP Biden also attends
1:15: President Obama and President Karzai hold a joint press conference
2:15: VP Biden will meet with representatives from the video game industry
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LA Times: Requiring all gun buyers to pass a federal background check could be a key part of a White House plan to combat mass shootings, Vice President Joe Biden indicated as he prepared to present recommendations to the president on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Biden said he had found a “surprising recurrence of suggestions” for “universal background checks” in meetings with interest groups. Background checks are not required in private sales by unlicensed dealers, including transactions at gun shows.
Biden is expected to propose measures that President Obama could institute by executive action, as well as proposed laws, such as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
The quick movement to roll out potential remedies to mitigate gun violence — ahead of schedule and just days before Obama and Biden are sworn into a second term — is a signal of the urgency the White House aims to project in developing a response to the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting…..
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Jonathan Capehart: Controversy over an anti-gay sermon by Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta forced him to withdraw his acceptance of the invitation to deliver the benediction at the presidential inaugural. Good. President Obama should not have to share the stage with him.
Obama is the most pro-gay person to occupy the Oval Office. He ended the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military. His administration has stopped defending the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in court. He has expressed his personal support for marriage equality. And in pronouncement and policy, the president and his administration have made bringing dignity, equity and fairness to gay people and their families a priority.
That’s why it boggled the mind that the Presidential Inaugural Committee would force Obama to share the stage with Giglio….
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In case you missed this yesterday:
Emily L. Hauser: What feminism isn’t about: Cabinet headcounts.
… as I have noted on several occasions, President Obama has spent his Presidency expressing his dedication to feminist values. Over and over and over (and over and over) again, he has done the work and forwarded the ideas necessary to actually change the reality in which women and girls live, to not pay lip service to our humanity but to acknowledge and act on it.
…. In word and deed, in promise and in policy, my President has demonstrated his feminism time and again, making the country in which I live and in which my daughter is coming of age a better, more perfect union. And that is much, much more important to me than an Oval Office headcount.
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US Magazine: President Barack Obama’s second inauguration is shaping up to be one of the hottest tickets of the year.
Two days after the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, and James Taylor would perform at the official ceremony …. several other celebs have been added to the weekend’s star-studded lineup.
The committee announced Friday, Jan. 11, that Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley, Katy Perry, John Legend, fun, Stevie Wonder, and Usher would be among those on hand at the Kids’ Inaugural Concert on Saturday, Jan. 19, and at the official Inaugural balls on Monday, Jan. 21. Marc Anthony, Nick Cannon, Smokey Robinson, and members of the cast of Glee are also expected to make appearances.
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MoooOOoooorning everyone
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afternoon all
First lady Michelle Obama is joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the future site of a Northgate Market in Inglewood, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Michelle Obama says the proposed new supermarket in the middle of a blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California is an example of how the effort to bring healthy foods to low-income communities is paying off.
AP: First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday said the campaign to bring healthy food to all Americans is happening neighborhood by neighborhood.
Standing in a vacant Southern California store set to be refurbished and reopened this summer, Obama lauded efforts to bring large grocery retailers to inner-city areas that traditional supermarket chains spurn.
…. Obama, who is on the second day of her two-day visit to the Los Angeles area, made the stop in the blue-collar, largely Hispanic neighborhood as part of her “Let’s Move!” campaign to boost healthy food and fitness.
Part of the campaign includes promoting initiatives such as the $264 million California FreshWorks Fund, which finances grocery businesses willing to open in urban areas.
…. After the Inglewood event, Obama was scheduled to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and to deliver a luncheon speech at the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington Post: U.S. factories grew in January at the fastest pace in seven months, boosted by a rise in new orders. And builders ended a poor year for construction by spending more on homes and projects for the fifth straight month.
The reports bolster other data showing the U.S. economy started the year strong.
The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Wednesday that its manufacturing index rose last month to 54.1 from 53.1 in December. Readings above 50 indicate expansion.
Consumers are buying more cars and trucks, while businesses ordered more machinery and other equipment. That has driven manufacturing, which expanded for the 30th straight month.
Both new orders and order backlogs rose to nine-month highs. Increasing order backlogs suggest manufacturers are lacking the capacity to meet demand. That could mean more growth in production and employment in the near future, economists said.
Export orders also rose, a sign that U.S. manufacturers haven’t yet been affected by Europe’s slowing economy.
“This is a very encouraging report on manufacturing activity that shows particular strength in leading indicators,” said John Ryding, an economist at RDQ Economics.
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Steve Benen: For campaign watchers, Florida’s Republican presidential primary was the big draw yesterday, but there was another noteworthy race on the other side of the country: a U.S. House special election in Oregon’s 1st congressional district.
Just two weeks ago, the National Republican Congressional Committee took an interest in the race, airing attack ads against Democratic candidate Suzanne Bonamici. The GOP candidate, Rob Cornilles, even released an internal poll showing him trailing by only four points.
Yesterday, however, it became clear Republicans were chasing a mirage.
Democrat Suzanne Bonamici swept to victory Tuesday in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, continuing her party’s nearly four-decade-long hold on the seat covering the northwestern corner of the state. With the bulk of ballots counted, Bonamici was defeating Republican Rob Cornilles by about 15 percentage points…..
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President Barack Obama at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Virginia, February 1
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TPM: The Obama administration announced Wednesday that the Medicare Advantage program, which allows seniors to receive health coverage through a private insurer, is enjoying lower costs and more customers as a result of the health care reform law.
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Yahoo: If you watched President Obama’s Google+ hangout Monday night, you saw two interesting exchanges between the president and Jennifer Wedel, a 29-year-old Texas mother of two.
It turns out that Wedel’s digital meeting convinced her to vote for Obama in this year’s presidential election – despite her support for the GOP.
…. Afterwards, Wedel, who described herself as a “good Republican,” is now planning to vote for Obama in this year’s presidential election.
“I didn’t vote for him four years ago. But I have been so disappointed with the presidential race. I haven’t seen anybody who would have been a good replacement. I know how Obama is now. I know how he rolls. So I’d probably vote him back in,” said Wedel in an interview with The Atlantic. “I (feel) like I know him a little more,” Wedel said. “There was a connection. He should definitely do this with more people…..”
….. for those who watched the event, a slightly odd moment near the end might have jumped out. During that personal question round, Wedel asked Obama if he would do a little jig. Obama demurred. What was that about? It’s a YouTube meme thing, explained Wedel. An extremely popular video on the site is a minute-and-a-half clip of then-candidate Obama shaking it on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” back in 2007; one version has 12 million hits and counting.
“It’s so funny,” said Wedel. “You’ve got to watch it.”
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