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President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Scott O Malia As Commissioner of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission

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Published Sept. 12, 2009 at 12:08 a.m.

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Scott O’Malia as Commissioner of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission ...

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First Lady Michelle Obama To Represent The United States In Copenhagen

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The White House announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, in support of Chicago’s historic bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On October 2, 2009, Mrs. Obama will attend the 121st International Olympic Committee Session at the Bella Center – Copenhagen Congress Center. It is here that the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be selected from the remaining four candidate cities: Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo ...

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Michelle Obama Going To Copenhagen To Pitch Chicago's 2016 Olympics Bid

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 1:04 p.m.

The U.S. is counting on First Lady Michelle Obama to help secure the 2016 Summer Olympics for Chicago. Obama will head to Copenhagen, Denmark next ...

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Home Of The Obamas' Chicago Neighbors For Sale

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 10:34 a.m.

Yearning to get closer to President Obama? A rare opportunity just opened up. The home next door to Barack and Michelle Obama in Kenwood's mansion ...

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Everything You Need To Know About Czars

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Published Sept. 8, 2009 at 5:03 a.m.

Driving today's fearful discussion about czars this morning is a Politico article that purports to demonstrate how "czars -- dozens of powerful problem solvers tapped to tackle some of the thorniest problems facing the country -- could continue to cause problems for the White House." It's a fine example of what Politico does best: provide a distillation of political scuttlebutt and press releases into a story ... However, it is missing a crucial ingredient: something I like to call "knowing

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The Story of the White House Garden

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Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 6:13 p.m.

Watch our second installment of "Inside the White House" as First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass tell the story of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden during World War II ... Includes video ...

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Obama Schoolchildren Speech Drives Right-Wingers Batty

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Published Sept. 3, 2009 at 8:06 a.m.

UPDATE, 8:17 P.M. EST: ABC News is reporting that some school districts in six states (Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota), are refusing to air President Obama's speech to students ... --------------- ... Yesterday, I noted that Florida's GOP Chair Jim Greer had heard about President Barack Obama's intention to address the schoolchildren of America on the occasion of the start of a new school year, and went quite mental, warning darkly that the address was nothing

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Obamas Will Leave Children On Martha’s Vineyard To Die

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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 3:29 p.m.

Thank you for “dying,” Ted Kennedy, because now Barack Obama will have to end his vacation, and America’s vacation, a couple of days short, to attend your funeral on Saturday. In fact Barack and Michelle Obama will leave “the Vineyard” tomorrow night instead of the already early Saturday morning departure, to avoid expected bad weather. [ ... ] ...

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White House To Press: Pls Do Not Stalk Obama Girls

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Published Aug. 21, 2009 at 6:15 p.m.

Because there is no news this August except for the news about the moral and physical decline of America due to Death Panel rationing, an increasingly bored press corps turns to the Obama family for succor. “Enh, there’s this bit about Michelle and her shorts,” they say to each other, and that’s good for a [ ... ] ...

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