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April 27, 2013
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April 26, 2013
Has he officially declared trying to cover the gray an impossible task or is it more of a “don’t give a f___-itis” because he no longer has to run for office again.
Just wondering. If I didn’t have to run again, and I were POTUS, I wouldn’t care about the gray.
(Source: gwbsmu, via politi-gal)
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April 15, 2013
very often when you see a picture of the President and Vice President together, it looks like Biden is telling some story and Obama is politely humoring him but not-secretly bored
this may be the first time I’ve seen the reverse
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April 1, 2013
It’s no April Fool’s Day joke: If you get upset about your egg going off-course on the White House lawn, you get a hug from the Comforter-in-Chief
(via politi-gal)
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January 27, 2013
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appear in joint 60 Minutes interview
Asked why they had agreed to the rare joint interview, she responded: “A few years ago it would have been seen as improbable because we had that very long, hard primary campaign.
“But, you know, I’ve gone around the world on behalf of the president and our country, and one of the things that I say to people, because I think it helps them understand, I say look, in politics and in democracy, sometimes you win elections and sometimes you lose elections.”
“I worked very hard, but I lost,” she added. But despite that defeat and the nature of the primary campaign, Obama asked Clinton to serve as secretary of state, and she accepted “because we both love our country”.
Obama’s response as to why he had wanted to do a joint interview was entirely complimentary of his outgoing state secretary.
“The main thing is I wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you, because I think Hillary will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state we’ve ever had. It has been a great collaboration over the last four years.”
He continued: “I’m going to miss her, wish she was sticking around, but she has logged in so many miles I can’t begrudge her wanting to take it easy for a little bit.”
(Source: waitingonoblivion, via apsies)
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January 12, 2013
barackobamalaughingwithjoebiden:
Photo: AP Hunter Biden, right, son of Vice President Joe Biden, center, talking with President Barack Obama, and the vice president Joe Biden during a college basketball game in Washington. Biden’s youngest son Hunter is joining the Navy. The Navy says the attorney and former Washington lobbyist was selected to be commissioned into the Navy Reserve as a public affairs officer. Because he is 42, he needed a special waiver to be accepted, but that is not uncommon. He is one of seven candidates recommended for a direct commission for public affairs.
Dear Hunter:
Do not…. I repeat…. do NOT ever get photographed in your dress blues.
That is all.
(Can we get a photograph of him in his dress blues?)
(via vpbiden)
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January 11, 2013
Obama for America: This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For
The official White House response to a petition to secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016:
By Paul Shawcross
The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn’t on the horizon. Here are a few reasons:
- The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We’re working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.
- The Administration does not support blowing up planets.
- Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?
However, look carefully (here’s how) and you’ll notice something already floating in the sky—that’s no Moon, it’s a Space Station! Yes, we already have a giant, football field-sized International Space Station in orbit around the Earth that’s helping us learn how humans can live and thrive in space for long durations. The Space Station has six astronauts—American, Russian, and Canadian—living in it right now, conducting research, learning how to live and work in space over long periods of time, routinely welcoming visiting spacecraft and repairing onboard garbage mashers, etc. We’ve also got two robot science labs—one wielding a laser—roving around Mars, looking at whether life ever existed on the Red Planet.
Keep in mind, space is no longer just government-only. Private American companies, through NASA’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO), are ferrying cargo—and soon, crew—to space for NASA, and are pursuing human missions to the Moon this decade.
Even though the United States doesn’t have anything that can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, we’ve got two spacecraft leaving the Solar System and we’re building a probe that will fly to the exterior layers of the Sun. We are discovering hundreds of new planets in other star systems and building a much more powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that will see back to the early days of the universe.
We don’t have a Death Star, but we do have floating robot assistants on the Space Station, a President who knows his way around a light saber and advanced (marshmallow) cannon, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is supporting research on building Luke’s arm, floating droids, and quadruped walkers.
We are living in the future! Enjoy it. Or better yet, help build it by pursuing a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field. The President has held the first-ever White House science fairs and Astronomy Night on the South Lawn because he knows these domains are critical to our country’s future, and to ensuring the United States continues leading the world in doing big things.
If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the Death Star’s power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Paul Shawcross is Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget
“The Administration does not support blowing up planets.”
Good to know.
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November 21, 2012
“As we reflect on our proud heritage, let us also give thanks to those who honor it by giving back. This Thanksgiving, thousands of our men and women in uniform will sit down for a meal far from their loved ones and the comforts of home. We honor their service and sacrifice. We also show our appreciation to Americans who are serving in their communities, ensuring their neighbors have a hot meal and a place to stay. Their actions reflect our age-old belief that we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, and they affirm once more that we are a people who draw our deepest strength not from might or wealth, but from our bonds to each other.”
President Obama’s 2012 Thanksgiving Proclamation (via apsies)
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November 11, 2012
October 27, 2012
“My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people, not all of them, but most of them, who are still basing their decision on race. Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that’s despicable.”
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff (via apsies)
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