Early Bird Chat

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All Times Eastern

10:05AM: President Obama departs the White House

12:50PM: President Obama arrives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1:15PM: President Obama tours a neighborhood in East Baton Rouge Parish that was affected by flooding

1:55PM: President Obama delivers a statement to the press

4PM: President Obama departs Baton Rouge, Louisiana

6:35PM: President Obama arrives at the White House

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World Cup Chat Away

 6:0 EDT

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 Slogan Thieves – Portuguese Newspaper A Bola:

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Legend Meets Legend

@VP: #TBT to VP Biden at the 2010 #WorldCup with Pelé

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Chat on!

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The President And The Chicago Blackhawks

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at an event where he honored the 2013 Stanley Cup Champions Chicago Blackhawks

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President Barack Obama receives a jersey from Chicago Blackhawks team captain Jonathan Toews

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President Barack Obama jokes about using a hockey stick on members of Congress as Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz speaks

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Chicago Blackhawks players laugh as President Barack Obama jokes that he could not allow any remarks by goaltender Corey Crawford, who gained some notoriety by using expletives during the team’s public victory celebration

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President Barack Obama holds a jersey given to him by the Chicago Blackhawks with Blackhawks President and CEO John McDonough, team captain Jonathan Toews and center Patrick Kane

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game on

…. watching the World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan in the Treaty Room, July 17 (Photo by Pete Souza)

Jill Biden and Chelsea Clinton at the Women’s Football World Cup final in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Alex Morgan gives the USA a 1-0 lead in the World Cup final against Japan:

Japan’s Aya Miyama makes it 1-1:

Abby Wambach makes it 2-1 for the USA:

Homare Sawa (right) made it 2-2:

It finished 2-2 …. uh oh …. Japan won on penalties:

barack & the blackhawks

President Barack Obama hosts the 2010 Stanley Cup Champions Chicago Blackhawks on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11

the end of the world (cup)

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President Barack Obama watches the US-Ghana World Cup soccer match between meetings at the G20 Summit in Toronto on June 26, 2010. Ghana won the game 2-1.

Ghanians in Accra celebrate their team’s victory over the US in the World Cup, June 26, 2010

west wing week (“home of the kringle” july 2, 2010)

…the President gets a lesson in mathematics in the Oval Office, attends the G8 and G20 summits in Canada, meets with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, hosts King Abdullah in the White House and much more

keeping watch

President Barack Obama watches the U.S. vs. Ghana World Cup Soccer game before a meeting at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, Saturday, June 26, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

you bet

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President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron trade bottles of beer to settle a bet on the US-England World Cup soccer game during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Toronto on June 26, 2010. Obama gave Cameron a case of 312 Beer and Cameron gave Obama a case of Hobgoblin