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President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 2/23/10


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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 5:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: ... Stephen T. Ayers, Architect of the CapitolEduardo M. Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of EducationDeborah Loewenberg Ball, Member, National Board for Education Sciences, Department of EducationAdam Gamoran, Member, National Board for Education Sciences, Department of EducationBridget Terry Long, Member, National Board for

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Gibbs: The Public Plan Doesn't Have The Votes


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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 8:59 a.m.

The White House made it official on Tuesday: the president doesn't think the votes are there to get a public option passed through reconciliation and consequently won't make a push to include or pass the provision ... Speaking at the daily briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked again why the administration did not include the government-run insurance option in its final health care proposal in light of the fact that 23 Democratic senators signed a letter calling for its

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Mitch Daniels Shoots Down 2012 Speculation, Urges GOP To Tone Down Rhetoric


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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 6:36 a.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.) on Tuesday shot down speculation that he would make a presidential run in 2012, saying there are "100 reasons that no sane person would" run for that office ... But he did have some pointed advice for his GOP colleagues thinking about the White House during a breakfast meeting with reporters: tone down the rhetoric, stop concerning themselves with winning the debate, present a platform that can lead to effective governance and show a willingness to accept pared-down

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Gibbs Explains Why Obama Didn't Include Public Option


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 8:51 a.m.

The White House decided not to include a public option for insurance coverage in its final health care proposal because of concerns about vote count, spokesman Robert Gibbs suggested during Monday's briefing ... But the window to pass a government-run insurance plan has not fully closed, even if the Obama administration isn't enthusiastically on board ... Much to the chagrin of progressive and some non-progressive Democrats, the White House on Monday appeared to fully reject the idea of passing

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Paul Krugman Profile In The New Yorker Links To Loudon Wainwright III Singing 'The Krugman Blues' (VIDEO)


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 6:50 a.m.

Larissa McFarquhar's lengthy profile of Paul Krugman in the New Yorker ("The Deflationist") chronicles how the prominent economist/columnist went from being a writer mainly concerned with the "smart and stupid" to one concerned with matters of "left and right." ... It's the story of a conversion -- not from one political point of view to another, but rather how he came to participate in the mean-minded field at all ... (Also, scroll down to see the NewYorker.com video of folk singer Loudon

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Obama Health Care Plan Drops Public Option


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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

Despite the recent surge of support in the Senate for a government-run health insurance option, President Obama chose not to include one of the most popular elements of reform in the plan he is presenting to a bipartisan group of lawmakers Thursday ... The Obama plan explicitly bridges the differences between Senate and House legislation on issues both large and small, but on the public option -- which is included in the House bill, but not in the Senate's -- Obama is entirely silent ... Last

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Remarks by The First Lady to the National Governors Association


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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 1:51 p.m.

JW Marriott ... Washington, D.C ... 11:09 A.M. EST ... MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you all so much.  Thank you.  It is a pleasure for me to be here with all of you today and to welcome you all to Washington ... Thank you, Governor Douglas, for that very kind introduction.  And thanks to you and Governor Manchin for your leadership in Vermont as well as [West] Virginia, and as the Chair and the Vice Chair of the NGA ... And I also want to recognize all the governors who are here today and to thank you

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“You All Took a Stand”


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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
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Click here to see the video ... With Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in tow, First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Philadelphia yesterday as part of the Let’s Move! campaign, a nationwide effort to rally the country around one goal, ending the epidemic of childhood obesity ... During her remarks at Fairhill Elementary School, Mrs. Obama applauded the city of Philadelphia for their “stand” to end childhood obesity: ... Six years ago, when this city had fewer

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Remarks by the First Lady at Fresh Food Financing Initiative


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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.

2:47 P.M. EST ... MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you.  All right, Albalee, that applause was just as much for me as it was for your wonderful introduction.  (Laughter.)  Wasn't she?  She did a great job, great job.  (Applause.)  Just know that we're all very proud of you, and we're all very proud of every single one of your classmates and every single student here in the city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania.  I am so pleased to be here today, so grateful.  And thank you all for having

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Aboard Air Force One En Route Denver, Colorado; 2/18/2010


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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 4:27 p.m.

3:10 P.M. EST ... MR. GIBBS:  All right, fire away ... Q    Any more details you can tell us about the plane crash? ... MR. GIBBS:  No -- as I said earlier, John Brennan briefed the President.  We've gotten a number of updates on the flight from the Situation Room.  The President will get regular updates as well as local and federal officials figure out what happened on the ground ... Q    To follow up on my question earlier, there was some talk before we left that this might have been

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