Sunday, June 7, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama with her two daughters Malia (L) and Sasha (R) caused a media frenzy when they visited the Eiffel tower earlier this weekend in Paris. US President Barack Obama was in France to attend the D-Day celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the 1944 allied landings in France.
President Obama is currently back in the states, while the rest of his family is expected to fly back later on this week.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 |
In case you missed it, check out the introduction to the first hour of NBC’s Inside the Obama White House, which aired Tuesday. The second hour aired on Wednesday night and you can catch a repeat of the full special on Friday night.
Monday, May 18, 2009 |
President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up to the Notre Dame University graduating class of 2009 during the 164th commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 17, in South Bend, Indiana. While, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement speech at the University of California, Merced on Saturday, May 16.
The President received an honorary law degree from the university and delivered the commencement address amid protests.
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Monday, May 11, 2009 |
President Barack Obama speaks during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association gala dinner Saturday, May 9, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The event is a charity fundraiser dedicated to feeding the hungry and funding journalism scholarships and began in 1920. Wanda Sykes was this year’s featured entertainer. Check out pics from the event, the cocktail party and the after party below.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama helped to unveil the bust of Sojourner Truth in Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol on Tuesday, April 28th in Washington D.C.
Sojourner Truth was an 19th century American slave, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist who is best-known for her speech, ‘Ain’t I a Woman?‘
Later on that afternoon U.S. President Barack Obama presented Anthony Mullen with the 2009 National Teacher of the Year award in the Rose Garden. Several other teachers were also honored at the event.
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Friday, April 24, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama gestures as she allows two more questions from children during the Take Your Child to Work Day event in the East Room of the White House on Thursday. She hosted the children of Executive Office employees and answered questions from the audience. The most popular topic of discussion? Bo, the First Dog.
When asked what does he like to do, the First Lady explained:
“Oh, he is a crazy dog. He — you know, he loves to chew on people’s feet. I’ll tell you a story about Bo last night. It was like 10:00 p.m. at night, everybody was asleep, and we hear all this barking and jumping around, and the President and I came out and we thought somebody was out there. And it was just Bo. He was playing with his ball. And it was like there was another person in the house. He’s kind of crazy. But he’s still a puppy, so he likes to play a lot.”
She added that free time for her “doesn’t happen often” since she’s “doing a lot of dog walking and dog training”.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
First lady Michelle Obama walks the family’s new Portuguese water dog Bo, followed by U.S. President Barack Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha during the dog’s introduction to the White House press corps at the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, April 14th in Washington, DC.
The six-month-old puppy is a gift from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) who owns several Portuguese water dogs himself. This breed of dog is considered a good pet for children who have allergies, as Malia does.
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