Monday, February 23, 2009 |
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama enter the East Room for entertainment after a black-tie dinner at the White House on Sunday in Washington, DC.
The Obamas gave their first formal White House dinner as hosts to the National Governors Association which has been holding their 2009 winter meeting discussing Obama’s stimulus program, health care, infrastructure and education.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to 6th and 7th graders from the DC area during an event celebrating Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday.
Sasha and Malia were at the event, along with their grandmother, Marian Robinson.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
Pres. Barack Obama signs the economic stimulus bill on Tuesday in Denver, Colorado.
The $787 billion plan will fund infrastructure projects, renewable energy projects and health care, as well as increase unemployment benefits and provide for tax breaks.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
President Barack Obama, standing with First Lady Michelle Obama, receives a copy of the Gettysburg Address from an actor portraying former US President Abraham Lincoln during the grand reopening celebration of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night (February 11).
The theatre, site of Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, is being unveiled after an 18-month, $25 million renovation and timed to coincide with the bicentennial of the former US president’s birth.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Monday night in Washington, DC (view video). Before taking questions from the news media, Obama began his first prime time news conference by urging Congress to pass the $838 billion Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
“It is absolutely true that we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or economic growth. That is and must be the role of the private sector. But at this particular moment, with the private sector so weakened by this recession, the federal government is the only entity left with the resources to jolt our economy back to life.”
FIRST LADY PRESENTED WITH SHAWL
First Lady Michelle Obama laughs with Nedra Darling, Director of Public Affairs at the Bureau of Indian American Affairs, as she wears a Native American shawl presented to her by Darling during a visit to the Department of the Interior in Washington,DC on Monday.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009 |
In the weekly address, Pres. Barack Obama commends the progress the Senate has made on moving the recovery plan forward, and urged its completion.
Shortly before 11:30 Friday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told his colleagues that debate on the plan would continue Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. The Senate is expected to vote on the plan Tuesday.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009 |
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet the audience as they attend Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s performance entitled Fiftieth Anniversary Highlights at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Friday night.
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