News Of The Day

President Obama at Knox College, July 24

****

Today’s speeches:

****

My latest. | Why Admitting Privileges Laws Have No Medical Benefit shar.es/keDqh via @rhrealitycheck #fem2

—
Imani ABL (@AngryBlackLady) July 24, 2013

.@Lawrence takes on Bill O'Reilly's hoodie argument in his latest #Rewrite. Watch: on.msnbc.com/13aCOgL

—
The Last Word (@TheLastWord) July 24, 2013

****

****

****

Pete Souza: Pres Obama aboard Air Force One w Sen. Claire McCaskill

****

Why America can't put off tackling racial inequality thkpr.gs/135JSQg

—
ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 24, 2013

Judge says bankruptcy court will handle all Detroit cases usat.ly/13bhoA2

—
USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 24, 2013

****

****

state dinner

****

Dinner guests:

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and her son Ned

Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory

Attorney General Eric Holder and his wife Sharon Malone

Warren Buffett and his wife Astrid

Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry, a medal of honor recipient, and his wife Ashley Petry

Sen. John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry

Sen. Charles Schumer and Iris Weinshall

Gwen Ifill and Wendell Pierce

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and his wife Katie

U.S. Congressman John Dingell and his wife Deborah

Andrew Sullivan and Aaron Tone

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, and Shelby Bryan

Jay Carney and Claire Shipman, Senior National Correspondent for ABC

Hugh Bonneville and LuLu Williams

Golfer Rory McIlroy and guest Conor Ridge

Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman

Idris Elba

George …. you know

Vice President Joe Biden with his wife Jill Biden and British Foreign Secretary William Hague

 

rise and shine

****

White House live

****

President Barack Obama walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the G20 Working Dinner on Global Governance in Cannes, France, Nov. 3, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

****

Morning birthday girls, morning everyone

Will catch up properly later, busy busy busy for the next couple of hours. Chat away 😉

meet the new press sec

Jay Carney, left, the new White House Press Secretary. (His wife Claire Shipman, Senior National Correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America, is on the right of the photo, ABC’s ‘Green Room Girl’ is in the center)

Washington Post: President Obama has chosen Jay Carney to serve as his new press secretary, replacing longtime loyalist Robert Gibbs who is leaving his post in mid February, according to a senior Administration official.

The White House will also name Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle and current White House director of scheduling and Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco as deputy chiefs of staff.

Carney, who is currently communications director for Vice President Joe Biden, came to the White House in 2009 after a long career in journalism in which he served — among other posts — as Washington bureau chief of Time magazine.

More here

relax….it's all good.

President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising reception for U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in St. Louis, Missouri, March 10, 2010.