Tuesday, March 30, 2010



White House Defends Abortion-related Executive Order, Even as Obama Signs it
FOXNews (blog)
(White House photo) But some have attacked the EO, saying not only can the President just as easily repeal such an order as institute it, but that the order ...
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White House to announce housing aid Friday: sources
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to announce on Friday that it will require lenders to lower the mortgage payments of some unemployed workers ...
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At White House, Biden's Expletive Caught on Open Mike
New York Times (blog)
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Beyond the ebullient atmosphere, shout-outs and cheers at the White House signing ceremony of the health care bill, there's another ...
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White House gate-crashers get TV show parts: report
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Washington couple who gate-crashed a state dinner at the White House in November will be featured in a new series of the Bravo ...
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Obama invites health-care repeal advocates to 'go for it'
Washington Post
And so is the White House, which had hardly finished celebrating the health-care victory before shifting into high gear on a new nuclear arms reduction ...
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At the White House, it's hurry up and wait as historic health-care vote looms
Washington Post (blog)
"He's in the West Wing, getting updates, dropping in on staff, and like the rest of America, examining the rubble of his bracket," a senior White House ...
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White House expands housing aid program
Reuters
"This is a balance to help all those we can help in a reasonable fair way ... and do no more than is responsible to do," said Diana Farrell, a top White ...
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White House Scrambles to Fill TSA Vacancy
Wall Street Journal
A White House spokesman declined to say when the administration would nominate another candidate to head the TSA. Former security officials from the Federal ...
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White House says stimulus plan boosts tax refunds
Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The massive US economic stimulus plan is increasing average tax refunds by about $260, or nearly 10 percent, the White ...
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White House seeks $2.8 billion from Congress for aid package to Haiti
Washington Post
By Mary Beth Sheridan The White House asked Congress on Wednesday for a $2.8 billion emergency aid package to assist Haiti in the wake of the Jan. ...
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President Barack Obama's signature on the health insurance reform bill at the White House, March 23, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication ...
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22 Pens | The White House
By Lisa Brown
Working with staff throughout the White House, the Office compiles the President's daily briefing book; reviews and edits briefing and decision memos, circulating them within the White House for input before they go to the President; ...
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Health Care Protection For Children: White House Scrambles To Fix ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is scrambling to fix a potential problem with a much-touted benefit of its new health care law, a gap in coverage improvements for children in poor health, officials said Tuesday. Under the new law, ...
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Report: Traditional, new automakers met at White House today for ...
By Sebastian Blanco
Today, someone from each of these companies met with representatives from the Obama administration at the White House. On the table was a discussion of electric vehicles and how utility companies can/will play a role in the roll-out. ...
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Remarks by the President to the Troops | The White House
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That's why she stays after me once she gets home, when I'm at the White House. And we're going to make sure that we are keeping to improve your pay and your benefits, but also things like childcare and support that ensure that you've ...
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A New Tradition at the White House - the Seder - NYTimes.com
The Obama Passover Seder, one of the most intimate of White House traditions, began in the basement of a hotel.
St. Patrick's Day at the White House | The White House
President Obama and Vice President Biden are joined by Taoiseach of Ireland Brian Cowen at a White House reception celebrating St. Patrick's Day. ...
More Than 250000 White House Visitor Records Now Online | The ...
In September, the President announced that – for the first time in history – the White House would release visitor records. Today, the White House releases ...
White House to announce housing aid: sources - Yahoo! News
The White House plans to announce on Friday that it will require lenders to lower the mortgage payments of some unemployed workers and encourage lenders to ...
YouTube - 3/12/10: White House Press Briefing
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, making good on a bet with his Canadian counterpart Dmitri Soudas, dons a Canada hockey sweater for today's Press Briefing.

Saturday, March 27, 2010



In deal with Stupak, White House announces executive order on abortion
Washington Post (blog)
As part of the agreement, the White House announced that President Obama would issue an executive order on abortion after the House approves the health-care ...
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The Greening of the White House
New York Times (blog)
By JANIE LORBER Doug Mills/The New York Times The water in the South Lawn fountain at the White House was dyed green in honor of St. Patrick's Day. ...
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Obama appears on Fox News, long White House target
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — After weeks of the White House belittling Fox News, President Barack Obama has appeared on the cable network to sell his embattled health care ...
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New York Times
Obama Calls Jobs Bill a First Step
New York Times
President Obama signed a jobs bill into law on Thursday during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON ...
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FOXNews
Obama Drops Objections to Sweetheart Deals as House Moves to Craft Health Care ...
FOXNews
The White House is backing down from efforts to drop "sweetheart" deals poisoning health care legislation as House Budget Committee Democrats meet Monday to ...
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FOXNews (blog)
White House Photos of the Day...for now
FOXNews (blog)
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Mr Obama is expected to make an on camera statement sometime tonight, after the House makes its final vote. ...
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Two gay men arrested in White House protest
Washington Post
The US Park Police arrested two protesters who handcuffed themselves to a portion of the White House fence Thursday afternoon. Shortly before 2 pm, ...
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FOXNews
White House Challenges Republicans to Use Health Care for 2010 Election
FOXNews
That's a debate I think we're obviously comfortable having," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on "Fox News Sunday." "Make my day," added senior ...
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White House spokesman takes show to Rose Garden
Washington Post
"I'm kind of enjoying the sun," Gibbs said while working his way through the White House press corps more accustomed to meeting with world leaders in that ...
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Obama to Take Questions From Fox News
New York Times
The interview, with Bret Baier, an anchor and a former chief White House correspondent for Fox, will be broadcast at 6 pm, at the height of a week in which ...
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Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/16/10 ...
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Isn't there a very real danger, if not for the White House, but for Democrats on the Hill, that the spinning of this, the deals -- we've gotten this torrenthttp://WwwWhitehouse GovThePressOffice --Briefing,White ...
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Rahm Emanuel Finger: White House Chief Of Staff Tells Katie Couric ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Rahm Emanuel has his fingerprints on a lot of work done in the White House, with one notable exception. President Obama's Chief of Staff famously sliced off part of his right middle finger while working at an Arby's.
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Remarks by the President to the House Democratic Congress | The ...
By The White House
I have the great pleasure of having a really nice library at the White House. And I was tooling through some of the writings of some previous Presidents and I came upon this quote by Abraham Lincoln: “I am not bound to win, ...
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White House Released Executive Order to Media Without Showing to ...
By Jane Hamsher
Members of the pro-choice caucus are livid after the White House released the Executive Order on abortion to the media without showing it to them. According to members who spoke on the condition of anonymity, at the end of the Stupak ...
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Gay Service Members Arrested At White House | On Top Magazine ...
Lt. Dan Choi, one of the most visible opponents of 'don't ask,' was arrested while protesting the policy Thursday outside the White House.
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White House Postpones Picking Site of 9/11 Trial - NYTimes.com
The Obama administration said it would make no decision on where to prosecute the terror case “for weeks.”
How Lindsey Graham Works the White House - Newsweek.com
Barack Obama and GOP Senator Lindsey Graham disagree on almost everything—except the need to work together.
Choi Arrested at White House Gates | News | Advocate.com
Lt. Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo awaited a court hearing Friday afternoon after they were arrested for handcuffing themselves to the White House gates ...
Twitter / The White House: "Responsible and Paid For" ...
"Responsible and Paid For": Orszag & CBO settle the debate once & for all on # hcr, costs & the deficit http://bit.ly/axFfHf.
White House reconsiders holding terror trials in civilian court ...
The White House is considering an end to its effort to prosecute the suspected Sept. 11 plotters in a civilian court and may send them instead before ...

Friday, March 19, 2010



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White House Advisers Defend Obama Criticism of Supreme Court
FOXNews
... Supreme Court ruling during his State of the Union speech attended by six Supreme Court justices, senior White House officials said Sunday. ...
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White House Denies Massa Was Pushed Out Over Health Care Vote
FOXNews
By Chad Pergram The White House on Tuesday denied assertions by former Rep. Eric Massa that he was pushed out of office because he voted no on health care. ...
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An inside look at Alabama's White House trip
ESPN (blog)
Alabama fans will love this anecdote from Maisel's piece: As Karen McElwain, the wife of offensive coordinator Jim McElwain, walked out of the White House, ...
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ESPN (blog)
White House press secretary pays up on Olympic hockey bet
ESPN (blog)
The White House press secretary paid up on his end of a bet with Dimitri Soudas, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's spokesman, by wearing a Team ...
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Immigration Parade to White House Takes Turn Toward Reconciliation, Health Care
FOXNews (blog)
Those lawmakers left the White House without speaking to reporters. In a statement, Obama said he looked forward to "reviewing" Schumer and Graham's ...
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Obama Overstates Health Care Savings by $868 Billion
FOXNews (blog)
In what the White House calls the final push for health care reform, President Obama pushed the envelope on deficit reduction and came crashing down to ...
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NYC's Haiti Heroes Honored at White House »
New York Daily News (blog)
Preval was at the White House meeting with President Obama to thank him for the more than $700 million the US sent the devastated island nation. ...
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FOXNews
Health Care Bill 'Still a Jump Ball,' White House Official Says
FOXNews
That assessment confirms that the White House and Democratic leaders so far lack the votes to pass health care in the House. And it undercuts somewhat the ...
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Reuters
Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April
Reuters
President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform from the East Room of the White House in Washington March 3, 2010. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President ...
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White House hosts meeting on energy, climate
The Associated Press
More than a dozen senators met with Obama, four Cabinet members and White House energy adviser Carol Browner. Obama called the closed-door meeting to urge ...
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Roll Tide | The White House
By Kori Schulman
This afternoon President Obama welcomed the BCS National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide to the White House, honoring their 13th championship and their undefeated 2009 season. President Barack Obama smiles as he is presented with a ...
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Health Care Close After Democrats, White House Meet
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.
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White House courts devs to make healthy eating games -- Joystiq
By JC Fletcher
In a video presentation at the Game Developers Choice Awards, White House chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra discussed the Apps for Healthy Kids project, a plan to encourage game developers to collaborate with government to work ...
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Women's Day at the White House - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
By By HELENE COOPER
The president and Michelle Obama recognize International Women's Day during a reception at the White House.
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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...
By cnnjs
The annual Easter Egg Roll that brings families to the White House for fun and games will take place on April 5 and will focus on promoting health and wellness under the theme, "Ready, Set, Go." The White House said this year's ...
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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes - Yahoo! News
The concession came as House Democrats attended a lengthy meeting with White House health adviser Nancy Ann DeParle, who tried to answer questions, ...
Obama to push climate change in White House meeting - Yahoo! News
President Barack Obama inserted himself into Senate efforts to pass a climate change bill on Tuesday, gathering Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the ...
White House: Eric Massa's Charges Are 'Ridiculous' - ABC News
The White House today dismissed claims by retiring Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, who says he was forced out of Congress as part of a "setup" staged by the ...
Dems eye health care end game - Health care reform- msnbc.com
Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, ...
White House laughs off Emanuel's naked lobbying - Washington Times
Tales about the White House's hot-tempered, foul-mouthed chief of staff are legion, from Rahm Emanuel's mailing of a dead fish to a pollster to a lawmaker's ...

Tuesday, March 9, 2010



New York Times (blog)
For Many House Democrats, Cost Is the Concern
New York Times (blog)
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Everybody paid attention when President Obama, in a speech at the White House on Wednesday, said “now is the time to make a ...
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New York Times (blog)
McConnell Brushes Off White House Overture
New York Times (blog)
The Republicans have insisted that the Democrats discard the bills adopted by the House and Senate late last year and instead start from scratch on a new ...
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Los Angeles Times
White House reconsiders holding terror trials in civilian court
Los Angeles Times
(Associated Press) By Julian E. Barnes and Christi Parsons Reporting from Washington - The White House is considering an end to its effort to prosecute the ...
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National debt to be higher than White House forecast, CBO says
Washington Post
The 10-year outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is somewhat gloomier than White House projections, which found that Obama's ...
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CBS News
White House: Matheson Quid Pro Quo Charge "Very Silly"
CBS News
Matheson voted against the health care bill in the House back in November. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said at his daily press briefing today ...
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White House social secretary Rogers resigns; Julianna Smoot named successor
Washington Post
By Michael D. Shear and Jason Horowitz White House social secretary Desirée Rogers, a friend of President Obama's from Chicago, is leaving her job to return ...
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Photo: White House Gets Personal on Health Care
FOXNews (blog)
Natoma Canfield of Medina, Ohio is likely to become the face of President Obama's health insurance reform narrative, if the White House message continues on ...
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White House Confronts Insurers on Premiums
Wall Street Journal
By JANET ADAMY And AVERY JOHNSON WASHINGTON—The government's top health official summoned health-insurance chief executives to the White House Thursday and ...
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Haiti's leader coming to White House next week
Washington Post (blog)
"The president looks forward to welcoming President Pr??val to the White House to underscore his pledge to the Haitian people that they have a friend and ...
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FOXNews
Clash of the Titans? White House Beats Back Reports of Tension With Emanuel
FOXNews
A series of columns and in-depth press reports over the past few weeks have established a narrative that is bound to dog the White House -- that Chief of ...
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President Obama's Statement on the Iraqi Elections (Updated) | The ...
By Macon Phillips
Earlier today, the White House issued the following statement from President Obama on the Iraqi elections: I congratulate the people of Iraq for casting their ballots in this important parliamentary election. ...
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White House Sends Volcker Rule To Congress
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration waded into negotiations over Wall Street regulations Wednesday, calling for limits on the size of financial institutions and insisting that consumer protections remain a central objective of ...
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Rahm Emanuel The White House Voice Of Reason?
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Rahm Emanuel is officially a Washington caricature. He's the town's resident leviathan, a bullying, bruising White House chief of staff who is a prime target for the failings of the Obama administration.
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White House-PhRMA Update — Making Government Transparent and ...
By Paul Blumenthal
Last we left off in the story of the White House-PhRMA deal the White House had made new cost cutting proposals that would affect the pharmaceutical industry. PhRMA has since put out a press release that doesn't really answer many ...
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Beyonce & Jay-Z Rock the White House | TMZ.com
By TMZ Staff
Jay-Z and Beyonce visited their good friend President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday ... and from the looks of it, Hova felt right at home ...
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Hotheaded Emanuel may be White House voice of reason ...
Rahm Emanuel is officially a Washington caricature. He's the town's resident leviathan, a bullying, bruising White House chief of staff who is a prime ...
Statement on the Employment Situation in February | The White House
WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for ...
The White House - Inform
White House aide says Desiree Rogers stepping down as social secretary next month White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down three months ...
The White House - Inform
President Obama U.S. President Barack Obama delivered remarks and signed an executive order for the White House initiative on Historically Black Colleges ...
White House social secretary to step down - CNN.com
Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, plans to step down, the Obama administration announced Friday.