White House News
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Obama renews support for Haiti, warns that 'dire' crisis isn't over
4:37 PM on 03/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama said the challenge now is "to prevent a second disaster" with the start of the rainy season...
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Jay-Z, Beyoncé meet President Obama during White House visit
2:51 PM on 03/05/2010
It was the president of rap meeting the President of the United States...
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Obama to meet with Haitian president at White House
12:07 PM on 03/05/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Obama and President Rene Preval will meet on Wednesday...
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Desiree Rogers has lots of friends on Facebook
4:19 PM on 03/04/2010
Within minutes of Rogers' "astonishing" resignation Friday, Mingo and a friend created a Facebook group, "Toast to Ms. Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary."...
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Obama proposes $900 million in grants to stop school drop outs
10:29 AM on 03/01/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says 1.2 million students drop out of school each year, and only about 70 percent of entering high school freshmen go on to graduate...
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Chicago mayor defends Desiree Rogers
9:51 AM on 03/01/2010
Daley called Rogers a "great friend of mine," who did a "tremendous job" in a position she didn't have to take...
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Obama signs executive order recognizing HBCUs
5:55 PM on 02/26/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says these schools have felt the pain of the recession most acutely because they enroll a higher proportion of low and middle-income students...
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White House social secretary Rogers resigning
2:34 PM on 02/26/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rogers recently came under criticism for her handling of the administration's first state dinner...
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Former White House adviser Van Jones resurfaces at Princeton
11:35 AM on 02/24/2010
Van Jones has been appointed distinguished visiting fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University...
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White House: Dems near accord on health care bill
4:40 PM on 02/18/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and congressional leaders are preparing a detailed health care proposal designed to win passage without Republican support
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Obama mother-in-law on White House life: 'Bigger than anything'
11:57 AM on 02/15/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama's mother-in-law lived her entire life in Chicago, so it was only natural that her move to the White House came with some resistance...
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Obama welcomes crowd to White House to honor civil rights music
9:46 AM on 02/10/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama welcomed an all-star lineup of performers to the East Room of the White House yesterday to pay tribute to the music of the civil rights era...
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TheGrio's 100: Joshua Dubois, Obama's Pastor-In-Chief
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Don't be fooled by DuBois' age, describing him as very capable and a gifted relationship-builder in religious circles...
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TheGrio's 100: Melody Barnes, outspoken in the White House
8:10 AM on 02/03/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Anyone who can advise the president on domestic policy matters one day and play golf with him the next is pretty impressive...
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'Paddling like mad,' first lady Michelle Obama learns on the job
8:58 AM on 01/19/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Her every word, move, bite, gesture, dress and shoe has been analyzed and second-guessed...
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President as pitchman: Obama image used in ad
11:07 AM on 01/07/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- A larger-than-life President Barack Obama became a presidential pitchman Wednesday on a Times Square billboard that used his photo without permission...
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White House: PETA used Mrs. Obama's image without permission
9:30 AM on 01/06/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fur is flying over a new ad campaign by an animal rights group the White House says is using first lady Michelle Obama's image without her permission...
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Oprah visits Obamas for Christmas special
9:47 AM on 12/11/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The billionaire talk show host descended on the White House, accompanied by a giant array of personnel and equipment, to interview President Barack Obama...
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Rogers and Woods comparison is unfair
4:51 PM on 12/08/2009
By Dr. Janet Taylor Linking White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers and 'cheetah' Tiger Woods in a recent New York Times op-ed is ridiculous. Columnist Maureen Dowd launched a scathing, condescending verbal battle that accused Desiree of "being goofy" and "looking weaker" because she couldn't accept blame for her brand....
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Are we upset with Desirée Rogers' failure - or her success?
8:18 AM on 12/07/2009
OPINION - As images of White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi begin to fade, those of White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers have become larger than life...
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Arenas: 'I deserve to be punished' for gun prank
WASHINGTON (AP) - Arenas pleaded guilty to a felony gun charge in January and will be sentenced next week. He has been suspended until the end of the season by the NBA...
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