Moore residents share their story of survival
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Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school
Posts Tagged ‘lovelyplains
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May
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In our thoughts and prayers…
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May
13
Profiles of the Team – Part 4
White House Correspondents Dinner
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FLOTUS Speaks at Forum on Military Credentialing and Licencing
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President speaks at the 150th Anniversary of National Academy of Sciences
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President Obama Nominates Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation
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David Axelrod, the man who led both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, joined journalist John Harwood on stage Wednesday evening, May 1 for the College’s Harwood Colloquy on National Affairs.
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David Axelrod, the man most responsible for shaping the message that twice helped propel Barack Obama into the White House, will be the featured speaker at Washington College’s Harwood Colloquy on National Affairs on May 1. The 5:30 p.m. event at the Decker Theatre is free and open to the public.
Axelrod, who served as chief political strategist for both of President Obama’s campaigns and was a senior advisor during his first term, will talk with the evening’s host John Harwood, political writer for the New York Times and chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC. The subject will be “Upside Down: Barack Obama and a Changing America.”
Now a political analyst for NBC, Axelrod is the inaugural director of the new University of Chicago Institute of Politics, a nonpartisan center where students can explore careers in public service and politics, as well as engage in ongoing discussions of political life and current events with experts in the field.
Weekly Address
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Cecilia Muñoz: Top domestic policy advisor
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Cecilia Muñoz’s to-do list is so lengthy, it fills a binder. Whether it’s on the priority of the day–strategizing on how to pass sweeping gun control legislation–or preparing comprehensive immigration reforms that will change the way this country lives together and works together, Muñoz is working through that notebook (emblazoned “Cecilia’s Daily Binder”) 24 hours a day. She’s in before the sun comes up and if she leaves the White House in the evening, she’s never without her Blackberry.
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28
Apr
13
On the road w/ SecDef Hagel…
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En route to Israel..
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Heading to meetings
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Arriving in Jordan
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Off to Saudi Arabia
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Arriving in Egypt
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Arriving at tomb of unknown soldier
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Meeting President Morsi
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SecDef Hagel visits an undisclosed location in SW Asia
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SecDef Chuck Hagel walks with U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Michael Corbiun
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Heading stateside
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Evening everyone, hope everyone has been doing well….My dad came home Saturday morning and is recovering well at home. I want to thank everyone for all their well wishes. Hope you have a wonderful week. LovelyPlains!
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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(Photo) U.S. Ambassador Ricciardone greets #SecKerry as he arrives in Istanbul, Turkey. twitpic.com/chjqee — Department of State (@StateDept) April 7, 2013
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(Photo) U.S. Consul General Scott Kilner introduces @abdistanbul staff to #SecKerry.twitpic.com/chmlc6 — Department of State (@StateDept) April 7, 2013
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(Photo) #SecKerry meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul. twitpic.com/chmsil — Department of State (@StateDept) April 7, 2013
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Remarks from #SecKerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu’s joint press event: go.usa.gov/TqUd | Photo: flic.kr/p/e9j6rp — Department of State (@StateDept) April 7, 2013
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RT @statedept: #SecKerry: The extended Foreign Service family feels a lot of pain today. But we also feel pride. go.usa.gov/TqUC — US Embassy Turkey (@USEmbassyTurkey) April 7, 2013
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#SecKerry and Israeli and Palestinian leaders agree to jump-start #WestBank economy. goo.gl/mt74U @uscgjerusalem — US Embassy Turkey (@USEmbassyTurkey) April 11, 2013
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(Photo) #SecKerry meets with President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. twitpic.com/chqss1 — Department of State (@StateDept) April 7, 2013
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Apr
13
Rise and Shine…Week in Review
This week’s address is delivered by Francine Wheeler, whose six year old son, Ben, was murdered alongside nineteen other children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, four months ago. Now, Francine — joined by her husband David — is asking the American people to help prevent this type of tragedy from happening to more families like hers.
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President Obama Delivers remarks in Hartford, CT on Gun reform
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Pres. Obama & Jillian Soto (sister of Victoria, teacher killed at Sandy Hook) exit AF1 at Andrews. Photo: @petesouza twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/…
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 9, 2013
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How 2 connect w/ Newtown families Arts, animals, acts of kindness — how SHES families want their children remembered cbsnews.com/8301-504803_16…
— The lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) April 10, 2013
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The Obama Diary 
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