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Tuskegee Airmen Join Obamas for White House Screening of New Lucas Film About the Black Aviators
President Barack Obama and the First Lady invited Star Wars Director George Lucas and a few of the cast members from his new film,...
Michelle Obama, Health Companies and Congress All Announce New Plans to Spur Hiring of US Veterans
Just in time for Veterans Day, a confluence of activity across government and industry is combining to help spur the hiring of soldiers returning...
Obama Announces New Initiatives to Help Veterans Find Jobs
The overall U.S. unemployment rate ticked down last month and the economy added more than 350,000 private sector jobs over the past three months....
President Obama Wrote Checks to Struggling Americans, Says New Book
An inspiring new book by Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow reveals a few instances when President Obama personally helped struggling Americans whose stories reached him...
All U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End: Obama
President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. will pull out all of its troops from Iraq by the end of December, drawing the nine-year...
1 Million Young Adults Get Health Coverage Under Obama Law
Two new studies report a significant increase in the number of young adults with health insurance since last year. Nearly 1 million more adults...
New Obama Jobs Plan Will Add 1.9M Jobs, Republican Leaders Receptive
Unveiled last night in a speech before Congress, The American Jobs Act, if enacted, could "deliver exactly the kind of swift, sharp jolt the...
Granny Writes 70 Letters to Obama, Touts Good News Network
I've been writing to the President since May 5th... almost a letter a day. Since his birthday was August 4th I decided to write...
Obama Announces Higher Fuel Standards For Trucks
Fire trucks and concrete mixers, semis, heavy-duty pickups and all trucks in between will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and...
Confidence in Obama’s Economy Rising for Millions of Employees Quitting Jobs
Frustrated employees are voluntarily quitting their jobs at the highest level in almost three years as confidence rises that they will be able to...
Obama Deal Increases Fuel-economy Standards for US Cars
President Obama today announced the next phase in the Administration’s program to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars...
President Obama Bestows Medal of Honor on Afghan Veteran Grenade Hero
Yesterday at the White House, Sergeant Leroy Petry was celebrated as the second living Medal of Honor recipient to have earned the award for...
Obama Changes Policy to Honor Service Members Who Kill Themselves in War
President Obama this week decided to change the longstanding policy that until now excluded families of U.S. service members who killed themselves in war...
Remarkable Meeting for Michelle Obama With Nelson Mandela
The First Lady began her tour of South Africa meeting a parade of leaders from government, industry, non-profit and education, but it was her...
First Lady Michelle Obama Aims to Inspire African Youth
Mrs. Obama arrives in Johannesburg, South Africa today on a weeklong trip with her two daughters and mother to inspire young people to stay...
Obama Announces Plan to Cut Government Waste, Identifying $33 Billion So Far
President Barack Obama announced a new effort Monday to eliminate government waste, citing as an example the daily printing of the Federal Register, which...
Obama Explores His Irish Roots on Visit to Ancestral Ireland
President Obama and the first lady are in Ireland today meeting with leaders and visiting famous sites. Perhaps most excited about the trip are...
Dreams of His Mother: The Extraordinary Woman Who Shaped Barack Obama
If you want to understand what shaped our president, don’t look to his father’s disappearance. It was his unconventional mother who made him. In...
Obama Calls for Fix of No Child Left Behind by Fall
The audience assembled at an arts-centered middle school in Virginia cheered wildly today as President Obama called for a rewrite of the nation's education...
Obamas Encourage Breastfeeding in Battle on Childhood Obesity
First lady Michelle Obama will be speaking out to remove barriers to breastfeeding, throwing the spotlight on nursing as a way to reduce childhood...