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Obama Promotes the Importance of Fatherhood
Written on 20 Jun, 2009 at 8:27 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 1,086 times times | 0 Comments
President Barack Obama delivered a poignant and candid speech on the importance of fatherhood and personal responsibility before a group made up largely of young males and representatives of community mentoring organizations who attended a town hall meeting in the... (Continue reading)
Black Media in the White House
Written on 30 Mar, 2009 at 9:35 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 1,296 times times | 5 Comments
On Feb. 9, I achieved the career milestone of interviewing President Barack Obama -- his first magazine Q&A. In the 15-minute phone interview, we talked about the prospects of his multi-prong economic agenda and his administration's plans to bolster small... (Continue reading)
Obama Pledges Persistence
Written on 24 Mar, 2009 at 22:30 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 717 times times | 3 Comments
Persistence. That’s the message that President Barack Obama ended with last night as he took a battery of questions from the press during his news conference on the economy. He held his second presidential press conference after a week in... (Continue reading)
Transcript: Q&A by Obama, Brown
Written on 3 Mar, 2009 at 16:02 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 1,032 times times | 0 Comments
President Barack Obama: Hello, everybody. Good to see you. Where are the Brits? They're over there. Prime Minister Gordon Brown: In fact, they're everywhere. (Laughter.) President Obama: Are they? They're spread out? All right, my understanding is we're going to do four questions,... (Continue reading)
Transcript: Obama, Biden Announce Transportation Investment
Written on 3 Mar, 2009 at 15:28 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 562 times times | 1 Comment
President Barack Obama addresses a crowd gathered at the Department of Transportation to discuss infrastructure spending, as Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood listen. (Source: White House) President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Announce Investment... (Continue reading)
Women’s History Month Proclamation
Written on 3 Mar, 2009 at 14:34 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 487 times times | 3 Comments
With passion and courage, women have taught us that when we band together to advocate for our highest ideals, we can advance our common well-being and strengthen the fabric of our Nation. Each year during Women's History Month, we... (Continue reading)
Q&A: Fiscal Summit
Written on 24 Feb, 2009 at 10:22 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 832 times times | 0 Comments
President Barack Obama discussed the economy during the Fiscal Responsibility Summit. (Source: White House) Remarks by the President in question and answer session at the closing of the Fiscal Responsibility Summit THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please have a seat. ... (Continue reading)
Fiscal Responsibility Summit Remarks
Written on 23 Feb, 2009 at 15:11 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 1,421 times times | 3 Comments
Remarks by the President and the Vice President at Opening of Fiscal Responsibility Summit Vice President Joe Biden: Mr. President, I want to begin by thanking all of you for being here today. Represented in this room -- with notable... (Continue reading)
A Historic Day of Reporting at the White House
Written on 11 Feb, 2009 at 11:56 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 624 times times | 4 Comments
It started with a phone call from a member of the White House press office on a chilly Saturday night. "I'm calling to let you know that Black Enterprise will be the first black publication to get an interview with... (Continue reading)
African American History Month Proclamation
Written on 3 Feb, 2009 at 10:06 in White House Blogs | viewed viewed 587 times times | 0 Comments
President Obama issues proclamation kicking off African American History Month... (Continue reading)
