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The White House Office of the Vice President Vice President Biden spoke with Iraqi Kurdistan President Masud Barzani and Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Osama Nujayfi yesterday, Thursday, May 23rd. With President Barzani, the Vice President commended the return of Kurdish ministers and parliamentarians to Baghdad, and stressed the importance of engagement by all sides [...]
May 24th, 2013 | Posted in Barack Obama | Read More »
<!– Text Size Print Reprints –> EARLIER ON THE FIX: Anthony Weiner’s rocky restart In defense of Lois Lerner The Fix’s top 15 gubernatorial races Ted Cruz vs. John McCain: Welcome to the new normal in the Senate ‘The Daily Show’ on Obama’s counterterrorism speech (VIDEO) Is Keystone pipeline losing Democratic support? How the IRS [...]
May 24th, 2013 | Posted in 2012 Presidential Campaign | Read More »
The White House Office of the Press Secretary On Friday, May 24, 2013, the President signed into law: H.R. 360, which provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of the four young African American victims of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in September [...]
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The White House Office of the Press Secretary NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Last year, devastating hurricanes upended coastal communities spanning the shores of New England to the Gulf of Mexico. Scenes from Isaac and Sandy shook [...]
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<!– Text Size Print Reprints –> Earlier in this space, the Post’s Joel Achenbach wrote in defense of Lois Lerner. Proving that reasonable people can disagree, just a few hours later we awarded the now-former head of the IRS’ tax-exempt arm the “Worst Week in Washington”. Here’s an excerpt from our writeup: On Wednesday, Lerner appeared [...]
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The White House Office of the Press Secretary Savoy Elementary School Washington, D.C. 12:11 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Hey, everyone! Oh, my goodness. You guys look good. I have been waiting to come visit you guys for a long, long time — ever since I experienced the wonderful performance of the Savoy Players, who have [...]
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<!– Text Size Print Reprints –> The week that was as seen through the lens of the one and only Joel Achenbach. Reading the commentary on the IRS hearings, it’s clear that the overriding rule in Washington opinion circles is that the moment someone says they have done nothing wrong is when the presumption of [...]
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<!– Text Size Print Reprints –> Anthony Weiner announced late Tuesday that he would run for mayor of New York. He’s received a lot of attention in his first few days back in politics. But much of it hasn’t been the good kind. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Since kicking off his bid for political redemption, the former congressman, [...]
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The White House Office of the Press Secretary Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland 10:29 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O’Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton — thank you all [...]
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