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“It’s not that I think the Olympic Games are aren’t secure. It’s just that I think including the Backpack Hide-and-Seek event was a little misguided.” – Mitt Romney A note from our attorneys: This is not a real quote
9:40 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 10:15 am || Signs the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act 11:00 am || Meets with Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker 11:30 am || Meets with Secretary of State Clinton 4:55 pm || Attends a fundraiser; private residence, McLean, Virginia 7:35 pm || Attends a second fundraiser; private residence, McLean, Virginia All times Eastern Live stream of
Ladies, be afraid. “It’s a scary time to be a woman,” says the lady in this brand new Obama ad, looking like a wide-eyed fawn who lost its mother and has just encountered a big bad grizzly bear. What’s so scary? Romney is threatening to take away her right to abort her fetuses and have other people pay for her contraception. Well, the chances of
Updated at 10:00 pm ET Faced with repeated questioning during today’s briefing about which city the United States recognizes as the capital of Jerusalem, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today appeared not to exactly remember U.S. policy, and instead of potentially creating an international uproar, dodged the question. Instead of offering an answer, Carney repeatedly stated that U.S. policy had not changed. Carney was
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First Lady Michelle Obama will stage a gigantic “Let’s Move” bonanza at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Great Britain Friday, hosting 1,000 American military children and American and British students as well as a brigade of sports and music stars to get kids into the “spirit of the Olympic games,” according to the White House. The massive event, which is being co-sponsored by Nickelodeon and
Despite proclaiming that he’s eager to work with Congress on new legislation this year and determined not to let the country to drift over the looming “fiscal cliff,” President Obama has mostly stopped meeting with the main person who can help him get that done, House Speaker John Boehner. The country faces a massive tax increase and draconian automatic spending cuts at the end of