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Making Moves for a Healthier Generation


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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 2:46 p.m.
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"It’s done, honey," President Obama said to The First Lady earlier today as he signed a Presidential Memorandum establishing a task force on childhood obesity to address the growing health epidemic. "Now we work," she responded ...   ... The new task force is charged with developing an interagency action plan to solve the problem of obesity among our Nation's children as part of the First Lady’s Let’s Move campaign. The campaign will take a comprehensive approach to engage both public

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First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids


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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

America’s move to raise a healthier generation of kids ... www.LetsMove.gov ... THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON – First Lady Michelle Obama today announced an ambitious national goal of solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight and unveiled a nationwide campaign – Let’s Move – to help achieve it.  ... The Let’s Move campaign will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive

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Remarks by The President at Democratic National Committee Meeting


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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 2:34 p.m.

Capital Hilton Hotel ... Washington, D.C ... 10:26 A.M. EST ... THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you, DNC.  Everybody have a seat -- have a seat.  Thank you.  Oh, it is good to see you -- good to be among friends so committed to the future of this party and this country that they’re willing to brave a blizzard.  (Laughter.)  Snowmageddon here in D.C.  (Laughter.)  I noticed somebody had “Californians for Obama” and I was

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Obama DNC Speech: Says He's Not Giving Up On Health Care Reform


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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 12:11 p.m.
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WASHINGTON — Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans' strong challenge to their congressional dominance ... At its winter meeting, a defiant Democratic Party worked to project a message of strength even as loyalists acknowledged the prospect of several defeats in November. The party that controls the White House typically loses seats during midterm elections at an

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Remarks by the President at DNC Fundraising Dinner


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 8:37 a.m.

February 4, 2010 ... 8:05 P.M. EST ... THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  Thank you!  Thank you!  Please, everybody, have a seat.  Especially Tom McMullen and Dikembe Mutombo.  (Laughter.) Every time I stand next to them I look like a little kid.  (Laughter.) ... I want to thank three people who are just extraordinarily important to the project of rebuilding our country and have just been great friends of mine, great friends of the Democratic Party.  You already heard from one -- please

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Remarks and Q&A by the President at DNC Fundraising Reception


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 8:33 a.m.

February 4, 2010 ... Capital Hilton ... Washington, D.C ... 6:15 P.M. EST ... THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Well -- ... AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes we can! ... THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. It is wonderful to see so many good friends. First of all, I want to thank Michele for the wonderful introduction and great story that she told. I want to thank Tim Kaine, who has been not only an outstanding leader for us but one of the best governors Virginia has ever had. Give Tim Kaine a big round of

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PFAW's Keegan Complains About Shelby's Hold: 'Obstruction' Reaches A 'New Low'


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 8:09 a.m.

So, Richard Shelby! As you may have heard, he is being what the kids on the street call "an intransigent dick." This is because he's placed a blanket hold on all of President Obama's nominations for no other reason than that he feels Obama hasn't shown sufficient respect to Alabama ... It is crazy that America cannot have judges or agency heads or, you know, a guy to head up the Transportation Safety Administration, just because the president didn't send flowers and wishes to Alabama, but that

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Luckily For Carly Fiorina's 'Demon Sheep' Ad, Her Competitors' Responses Have Been Terrible


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 7:23 a.m.
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Let's say that the person you are competing against in the California GOP Senate primary releases a political advertisement that is expensive and deranged, with fake sheep crawling around with lite-brite eyes in a field, and a terrible, malformed metaphor that actually insults the fiscal conservatives whom everyone wants to win over. What do you do? YOU DO NOTHING, DUH. Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake! ... But lucky for Carly Fiorina, who made the awesomely bad "Demon

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Richard Shelby Senate Hold Puts Spotlight On Defense Contractor Ties


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 5:53 a.m.

Sen. Richard Shelby's (R-Ala.) decision to place a "blanket hold" on all presidential nominations until a pair of billion-dollar earmarks for his home state are fast-tracked has reignited the debate over the parliamentary tactics being deployed by the Republican Party. It also has thrust into the spotlight the clout that major defense contractors often wield on the political process ... On Thursday evening, news broke that the Alabama Republican has taken the extraordinary measure of holding up

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Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 2/4/10


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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 5:37 p.m.

12:47 P.M. EST ... Q    We want Bill!  We want Bill! ... Q    Bill!  Bill! ... MR. GIBBS:  Hey, I'm all for it, man.  (Laughter.)  I've got a -- I've got a couple margaritas getting warm right now anyway, so I'm happy to -- that's actually -- ... Q    That's how you prep? ... Q    That's how you do it? ... MR. GIBBS:  Yes, actually -- same as you guys, right? ... Q    What?  (Laughter.) ... MR. GIBBS:  That's just a joke, Mom.  We're not doing that at work.  All right,

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