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President Obama Has Quit Smoking; Twitter Exhales
By David Knowles - AOL NewsShe should know. According to first lady Michelle Obama, the president is no longer sneaking a drag here and there. Speaking at a White House luncheon to mark the anniversary of her "Let's Move" initiative to combat childhood obesity, Mrs. Obama said it has been about a year since the president last lit up. "It's been awhile, and I'm very proud of him," she told reporters. "I haven't poked and prodded. When somebody is doing the right thing, you don't mess with them." One of the key factors in his decision to give up cigarettes for good was his daughters, Mrs. Obama said. "He has always ...
Reactions to the State of the Union: The Joke About Spending Cuts
By Daniella Nicole - AOL NewsPresident Obama made claims of making future cuts while also outlining more spending, which he kept calling "investing." How is it reducing the deficit and cutting spending when more spending is in the works? All of the spending he was talking about was the same spending he talked about two years ago with the purpose of creating more jobs. Where are they? Overall, it was just more of the same talking points we have heard for the past two years. Empty promises and justifications to continue spending like there's no tomorrow. Daniella Nicole Brigham City, Utah Related State of the Union: ...
Wanna See Obama Working on His State of the Union Speech? [PHOTO]
By JJ Helland - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech at 9 p.m. EST today, and we've got proof that the commander in chief himself is taking a hands-on approach to the big address. Check out this image of Obama and one of his speechwriters, Jon Favreau, working on it. Pete Souza, The White House President Barack Obama works on his State of the Union speech with Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau in the Oval Office. The stakes are high for the president, who's expected to outline in the speech a fiscal plan for the country that includes a mix of spending freezes, ...
Michael Vick Makes Most of Second Chance, Thanks to Eagles
By Kevin Blackistone - AOL NewsOne morning last spring, I sat in a National Press Club audience that was riveted to the testimony of a clean-shaven, light-skinned, middle-aged, college-educated, black man who told us how he was trying to re-establish his life after drugs cost him his livelihood and eventually his freedom. He spoke before a breakfast meeting of Samaritan Ministries of Greater Washington, which he'd turned to for a second chance at mainstream life after so many would-be employers, landlords and others had turned their backs on him because of the most-recent entry on his resume: prison inmate. The man who ...
Little-Known 2010 Win: Progress Against Animal Cruelty
By Robert Ham - AOL NewsEditor's note: Everyone knows about health care reform, the tax cut deal, the end of "don't ask, don't tell." But in a contentious election year, Washington also managed to do much that, while it got little attention, will nevertheless make a difference in the lives of millions. So we asked our network of contributors on AOL's Seed to pore through the record and find the overlooked, underreported achievements. Here's one of the top 10. (For the complete list, go here.) This month, President Obama signed into law the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010. This bipartisan bill -- ...
Health Care Reform and the Elections: What You Need to Know
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe Basics - President Barack Obama signed a historic health care law in March 2010 after it survived a perilous 13-month journey through Congress. - Many Republicans are campaigning for its repeal, while Democrats for the most part are trying to change the subject. - About one-third of Americans say they want the law repealed. Nearly two-thirds thirds say a candidate's support for the law would either make them more likely to support the candidate or would make no difference. - Many supporters point to the law's expansion of health care coverage to tens of millions of Americans and lowered ...
Obama's Book for Kids, 'Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters,' Due in November
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyIn 2008, while holding down two full-time jobs -- freshman senator from Illinois and Democratic presidential candidate -- Barack Obama found time to whip out a children's book titled "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," to be published next month, Politics Daily has learned. On Tuesday, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, will make an announcement about the book, which is a tribute to 13 Americans, including artist Georgia O'Keeffe, baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and George Washington. Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, will be ...
One Year, 400 Photos -- An Intern Sees the Big Picture at the White House
By Alissa Irei - Politics DailyLuke Sharrett is just 21, but he's already had hundreds of photographs published in The New York Times. A year ago, Sharrett began what was supposed to be a three-month stint as the Times' White House photojournalism intern. But his bosses were so impressed with the quality of his work -- and his character -- that the internship was extended. Over and over again. Sharrett quickly became just another member of the press corps. He left the White House a couple of weeks ago to return to Western Kentucky University, but not before getting a nod from the leader of the free world, President Obama ...
British PM Meets Obama: The Key Talking Points
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (July 20) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron makes his first official U.S. visit today. Behind closed doors, he and President Barack Obama are expected to engage in blunt, tough talks on everything from the BP oil leak to the war in Afghanistan. Here are the key talking points that will dominate this trans-Atlantic summit: The Lockerbie Bomber The ongoing oil-for-terrorism scandal is sure to be high on the Cameron-Obama agenda. There are allegations that BP lobbied the U.K. government to free a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, so it could secure ...
Obama Interview: 'I Expect to Be Held Accountable'
By Andrea Stone - AOL News(July 16) -- President Barack Obama said "nobody in the White House is satisfied with where we are right now" in the still sluggish economy, but he exuded confidence that when voters go to the polls in November they will face "a choice between the policies that got us into this mess and my policies that are getting us out of this mess." In an interview that aired today on NBC's "Today" show, the president said he is prepared "to be held accountable for the policies that I've put in place," including massive overhauls of the health care and financial systems. Citing those changes, along with ...
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