Obama Schedule || Friday, August 16, 2013
August 15, 2013, 10:21 pm
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Vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard. No public schedule.
White House Dossier Ranked 7th by Technorati
August 15, 2013, 6:33 pm
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White House Dossier Wednesday was ranked seventh on the Technorati list of most influential U.S. political blogs, trailing only a handful of major players like The Huffington Post, the CNN Political Ticker, and the Daily Kos. Have look-see! Nice, right? Technorati ranks blogs by what it calls “authority,” a measure of influence calculated by links from other blogs; the way the blog is being categorized
Obama’s Egypt Statement Gets it About Right
August 15, 2013, 5:55 pm
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I’ve seen a lot of criticism of President Obama’s statement this morning on Egypt. Honestly, I’m not exactly sure what people expected him to say. Was he supposed to declare, “Great job, Egyptian military, keep killing hundreds of people”? I don’t American presidents say things like that, or that it would be a particularly good idea. Instead, the president took a measured approach that gave
Problems Commenting
August 15, 2013, 1:06 pm
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Statement Over With, Time for Golf
August 15, 2013, 11:42 am
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Updated 2:17 pm ET From the pool report: Immediately after delivering the statement on Egypt, the motorcade departed for Vineyard Haven. After an uneventful ride, we arrived at the Mink Meadows Golf Club a few minutes after 11am. Golf partners are below. Pool is holding. Obama is golfing with some regular partners – White House aides Marvin Nicholson and Mike Brush and White House chef
Live Stream || Obama Statement on Egypt
August 15, 2013, 9:30 am
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The remarks have concluded.
Obama to Make Statement on Egypt
August 15, 2013, 9:27 am
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This just in: Obama will interrupt his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard to make a statement on Egypt at 10:15 am ET. The move comes as questions began to be raised – including by White House Dossier – about why Obama was continuing with his vacation as if nothing was happening while hundreds were dying in Egypt.
Obama Vacation Unaffected by Violence in Egypt
August 15, 2013, 8:32 am
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UPDATE: Soon after this article was published, the White House announced that Obama would make a statement on the situation in Egypt. ******* The massive bloodshed in Egypt caused barely a ripple in President Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation Wednesday, as the president took to the fairways, attended a private cocktail party at the home of a major Democratic donor, and went out for an expensive
Obama Vineyard Stay Harming Local Businesses
August 15, 2013, 7:39 am
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President Obama’s choice of residence on Martha’s Vineyard this summer is damaging local small businesses, which are watching sales dry up during the year’s busiest time because of a road closure ordered for security reasons. Unable to stay at the more-secluded estate where he resided during previous trips to the island, the Obamas this year selected a house that is close to a major road,