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President Obama’s Message to Team USA


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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 7:39 p.m.
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Today marks the beginning of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. President Obama taped a special video message to welcome and encourage the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams upon their arrival in Vancouver ... Watch the video and visit the Vancouver 2010 website for more information the Olympics.  ... Click here to see the video ... Here is the transcript: ... I want to congratulate all the athletes here today for making the 2010 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams – you are truly the best of the

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President Obama Sends Lunar New Year Greetings


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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 6:34 p.m.
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President Obama, in taped remarks, sends his warmest wishes to those celebrating the Lunar New Year, here in America and around the world: ... Click here to see the video ... Here's the transcript: ... Michelle and I send our warmest wishes to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the people of Asia, and all those around the world who are celebrating the Lunar New Year.  ... As people of all cultures and faiths welcome the Year of the Tiger, let us all give thanks for family, the wisdom of our

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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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Remarks by the President at the National Prayer Breakfast


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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

Washington Hilton ... Washington, D.C ... 9:08 A.M. EST ... THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you very much.  Please be seated ... Thank you so much.  Heads of state, Cabinet members, my outstanding Vice President, members of Congress, religious leaders, distinguished guests, Admiral Mullen -- it's good to see all of you.  Let me begin by acknowledging the co-chairs of this breakfast, Senators Isakson and Klobuchar, who embody the sense of fellowship at the heart of this gathering. 

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Obama Takes On Birthers, Uganda Anti-Gay Law At Prayer Breakfast (VIDEO)


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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 4:47 a.m.

Speaking Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, a conciliatory President Barack Obama urged attendees to bypass grievances in their efforts to push forward morally and socially responsible policy ... But at the same time, he made it clear that there are some positions that lie outside that realm of civil discourse, such as birther conspiracies and the targeting of gays and lesbians ... "Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable," Obama declared

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President Obama Announces Members of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House


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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 7:01 p.m.

Committee to advise on the preservation of objects in the White House’s public spaces ... WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. Committee members will advise on the preservation and interpretation of the museum character of the public rooms on the Ground Floor and State Floor of the White House and on additions to the permanent White House collection of fine art and

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The First Lady Reflects and Looks Forward on the Today Show


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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 11:07 a.m.

It's been a little over a year since First Lady Michelle Obama stepped into her role at the White House, and she sat down today with Matt Lauer from the Today Show and reflected on her time so far and her future goals -- click here to watch the video ... She noted that she would like to look back and feel like she affected somebody's life because she was here, which brings on her new initiative on childhood obesity, an increasing problem in the nation, since statistics show that one in three

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Scott Baio Tweets Michelle Obama Joke, Gets Death Threats


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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 3:26 p.m.

Former 'Happy Days' star Scott Baio says he is receiving death threats over Twitter after posting an unflattering photo of Michelle Obama with an insulting ...

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