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Obama creates women's council
| President Obama signs an executive order that establishes the White House Council on Women and Girls.
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CFDA to Honor Fashion Icon Michelle Obama
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America will honor First Lady Michelle Obama this JuneThe Etceterist | Today 11:55 am
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Hair up, hair down, sleeves or sleeveless, Michael Kors, Jason Wu, Narciso Rodriguez — or will there be a new favorit...[Read on] |
Happy Birthday Mr. President: Obama Turns 49 Today
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Wednesday, August 4 is the 49th birthday of America’s 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama II. “I think his plans for tomorrow are dinner with some friends in Chicago. And I think he is looking forward to spending the nigh...[Read on] |
Obama Administration Takes Tough Tone on GM, Chrysler
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President Obama insists his administration’s plans will help insure auto industry’s futureAmerican Auto Industry | Today 1:55 pm
Barack Obama refuses to sit by and let the American auto industry squander its bailouts.
As Chrysler and Gen...[Read on] |
10 'Obama Women' Who Are Changing Washington
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These powerful African American women, newly nicknamed the ‘Obama Women,’ have taken big jobs in the new administration and are some of the driving forces behind this new era of changePhoto Essay | Today 2:25 pmA new wave of women has hit Wash...[Read on] |
DrudgeSiren.gif: Michelle Obama Brushes Dirt Off the President's Shoulders
| Photo by Pete Souza.Is this insensitive given the looming fiscal crisis? Is Obama prematurely celebrating his controversial budget proposal? Is this going to sit well with voters from arid areas? And how might this brazen display of arrogance affect, say,...[Read on] |
President Obama Addresses the Economy
| It’s been a busy week for Barack Obama. Tuesday, the president unveiled his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Today, in the wake of his announcement of 30,000 additional American troops headed overseas, he addressed another daunting issue of his ...[Read on] |
Obama Establishing White House Women's Council
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Women’s groups have been calling for women’s issues to get top billing in the Obama White House. Have they gotten their wish?Women's Rights | Today 11:45 am
Women will soon have a larger voice in the White House.
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Dee Dee Myers: President Obama Cannot Afford to Get His Deficit Plan Wrong
| Obama in September 2010. Photograph by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images.This afternoon, President Obama will lay out his plan for deficit reduction and entitlement reform. Finally. Substantively, the plan will likely borrow a number of important ...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama's Top Fashion Designers Defend J. Crew Cardigans, Lanvin Shoes, Sleeveless and More
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Maria Cornejo, Thakoon Panichgul and Narciso Rodriguez became household names after First Lady donned their designsPost | Today 7:00 am
Four days after Michelle Obama’s 100 first days in office, three of her favorite designers — Maria Cornej...[Read on] |
Translating Obama's (Socialist) Speech to Schoolchildren
| President Obama’s much-anticipated speech to America’s schoolchildren has come and gone. So in the end, was it in fact an attempt to brainwash the nation’s youth into becoming communists and/or Nazis, as many conservatives suggested it w...[Read on] |
Activists Split on White House's Women's Council
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While some lauded the new White House Council on Women and Girls, others had hoped President Obama would have gone furtherWomen's Council | Today 10:10 am
President Obama made headlines yesterday when he established the White House Council on Women and ...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama Gives Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Swank Guitar
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Two glamorous First Ladies meet in France for first time; Obama gives singer-songwriter Bruni a rad giftPost | Today 11:00 am
What’s the ultimate gift for a French First Lady who uses her spare time to record her fourth music album? Not a tea set,...[Read on] |
More Embryonic Stem Cell Lines to Be Used in Research, But 'Ethical' Concerns Abound
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Scientists are mandated to make sure embryos were obtained through
‘ethical’ means from fertility clinics; Obama calls for ‘reset’ of
U.S.-Russia relationsStem Cells, Obama in Russia | Today 11:40 am
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Obama to Tap Kathleen Sebelius for HHS Post; Abortion Issue Rears Head
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Anti-abortion groups are up in arms over reports that President Obama will name the Kansas governor to head Health and Human ServicesPost | Today 9:35 am
President Barack Obama will announce Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his pick for Health and Human...[Read on] |
What we missed: Obama Speech in Cairo Edition.
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There have been some really good posts from around the blogosphere about Obama, Cairo and women's rights. Here are a few that caught my attention.
Sarah MC takes Obama to task on not being afraid to offend religious fundamentalists and make a statement...[Read on] |
2016 Olympics in Chicago? Nastia Liukin, President and Michelle Obama say “yes”
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Personally, I think it would be cool to have the Olympics in Chicago in 2016. Nastia Liukin thinks so (click picture below), as well as President and Michelle Obama – they’re traveling to Copenhagen today to pitch Chicago’s bid to the International ...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama on Work-Life Balance
| Cross-posted at MotherTalkers.
Glad to see we have a first lady focused on the plight of working families.
In a recent speech before corporate executives, Michelle Obama addressed the internal conflict faced by many working parents trying to have it al...[Read on] |
Food inside the Obama White House
| I was watching NBC’s Special Inside the Obama White House. I have to take pride in that my husband was on the production team making it happen.
Of course, the food expert in me has to find my personal interest hook – the food! So here’s a play-by-p...[Read on] |
The Ugly Truth About Obama's "Copenhagen Accord"
| Obama briefs world leaders in Copenhagen, December 18. The so-called Copenhagen Accord is a mere side deal that leaves undone the true hard work of tackling climate change. Official White House photo by Pete Souza.
Well, so much for Hopenhagen.
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Obama to give benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees
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Maddow discussed it on her show last night, but this is what the Associated Press had to say:
President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and ...[Read on] |
Can Fashion Icon Michelle Obama Wear the Same Thing Twice?
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Yes, the day is coming when the First Lady may do the unspeakable — ‘repeat’ an outfit!
Will this cause outrage or applause? Simon Doonan, Isaac Mizrahi and four other top fashion professionals weigh inThe Etceterist | Today 10:25 am
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Christina Romer to Resign: Top Obama Economics Aide Out
| Christina Romer will abdicate her responsibilities as the president of the Council of Economic Advisers in favor of a return to her professorship at Berkeley. (In 2008, Romer was actually tapped for a position at Harvard, but her invitation was inexplicab...[Read on] |
Obama welcomes UConn women’s team to White House
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President Barack Obama welcomed the University of Connecticut’s national champion women’s basketball team to the White House Monday, and it was a reunion for many of the players and the Prez.
The UConn women won their second straight NCAA championsh...[Read on] |
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