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The First Lady is teaming up with @PeaceCorps to help girls #LetGirlsLearn around the world: letgirlslearn.peacecorps.gov #LetGirlsLearn

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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 03, 2015

"Every girl deserves an education." —President Obama #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/9L7MTiYog6

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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 03, 2015

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FACT: 70% of the 1 billion people living in extreme poverty are women and girls. Education can change that → u.pw/1B5bSmx

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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) March 03, 2015

It's time to help more girls around the world get the education they deserve → wh.gov/LetGirlsLearn #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/Bs8Dz2UzsE

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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) March 03, 2015

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Justice Department finds Ferguson police routinely violated the civil rights of the city's black residents: on.wsj.com/1AWz1bU

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Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 03, 2015

NPR source: Ferguson cops, officials traded racist e-mails about Obama - bit.ly/1NdjFoR http://t.co/2CNEfB8dCF

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Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 03, 2015

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#BREAKING Department of Justice: Ferguson police engaged in racially biased policing usat.ly/1BDXyTN

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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 03, 2015

Official: Justice Department concludes Ferguson police engaged in a “pattern and practice” of discrimination. cnn.it/1GgDXMh

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CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 03, 2015

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.@Talkmaster You should be ashamed. The Floor of the House shouldn't be used as a tool to re-elect a foreign leader.

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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) March 03, 2015

It is not fully understood just how big a deal it is that several Jewish members of Congress are boycotting a speech by an Israeli PM.

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Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 03, 2015

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Agree w them or not, the Obama admin has begun laying out substantive case for Iran deal. latimes.com/world/middleea…

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David Lauter (@DavidLauter) March 03, 2015

Newly available, once-classified documents show senior Bush officials & lawyers repeatedly approved the CIA torture. trib.al/BfNa5C6

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Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) March 03, 2015

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Rise and Shine

President Obama talks with Lt. Gen. Doug Lute, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for South Asia, left, and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in the Oval Office, Nov. 13 (Pete Souza)

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Today:

10:0 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi addresses reporters (C-Span)

1:30: President Obama holds a news conference

2:45: President Obama and VP Biden attend a meeting with business leaders

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McClatchy: President Obama assured labor unions and liberal organizations Tuesday that he’s firmly committed to letting tax cuts for higher incomes expire as scheduled at the end of the year….

Obama met with the labor and liberal groups for an hour at the White House, his first extended meeting with anyone from outside his administration since he won re-election a week ago. He told them he’s committed to raising taxes on higher incomes as he negotiates with Congress on avoiding the “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax increases when Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of the year and automatic spending cuts negotiated during last year’s debt crisis kick in.

“President Obama today strongly reiterated his steadfast commitment to ensuring that the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent finally end Dec. 31 and to protecting the middle class in the process,” said Justin Ruben, executive director of MoveOn.org….

More here

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ThinkProgress

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Mother Jones (thanks Melanie)

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NYT

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Dana Milbank: President Obama’s opponents have unwittingly come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” They want to secede from the union.

If Obama were serious about being a good steward of the nation’s finances, he’d let them.

…. a large number of patriotic Americans, mostly from states won by Mitt Romney last week, have petitioned the White House to let them secede. They should be careful about what they wish for…..

Red states receive, on average, far more from the federal government in expenditures than they pay in taxes. The balance is the opposite in blue states. The secession petitions, therefore, give the opportunity to create what would be, in a fiscal sense, a far more perfect union.

…. would-be rebels from the red states should keep in mind during the coming budget battle that those who are most ardent about cutting government spending tend to come from parts of the country that most rely on it.

Full article here

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Now 7.5 million views:

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Moooooooorning everyone!

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President Barack Obama speaks as Leon Panetta, Army General David Petraeus, Marine General John Allen, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, listen during an event to announce national security personnel changes. The President has tapped current CIA Director Leon Panetta to succeed Robert Gates as the next Secretary of Defense, General David Petraeus to be the next CIA Director, Ryan Crocker to be the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, and General John Allen to succeed Petraeus as commander for ISAF and commander for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Text of remarks here

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President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, in the Oval Office, March 14. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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The President announcing that he had accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal and that he was nominating General David Petraeus to take over command of troops in Afghanistan, June 22, 2010.