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Obama's New Children's Book, 'Of Thee I Sing,' Honors 13 American Icons
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPresident Obama's latest book isn't a memoir or a political tome, but rather a tribute to 13 American icons presented to children, particularly his daughters, Sasha and Malia. The book, "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," features bold, impressionistic illustrations by Loren Long. The cover is a painting by Long of Malia, 12, and Sasha, 9, along with the White House dog, Bo. The 31-page book, for children 3 and up, will be released Tuesday by Knopf. In it, the president asks questions of his girls while offering something of a history lesson about figures like George Washington ...
Obamas Sometimes Lift Veil on Daughters' Lives
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 31) -- Twelve-year-old Malia Obama wears braces, toots a flute and is after her father to save the tigers. Younger sister Sasha, who is 9, shoots hoops like her basketball-loving dad and dances hip-hop. Both girls get up at 6 a.m. to get ready for school. Barack and Michelle Obama put their girls off-limits to the news media after they moved to the White House, saying they wanted to keep their daughters' lives as normal as possible. But tidbits about the private doings of the youngest children to live in the White House since the Kennedy family do dribble out. Often they ...
Obama Family to Weekend on Florida's Gulf Coast Next Month
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe Obama family is heading to Florida's Gulf Coast the weekend of Aug. 14 to boost tourism in areas not heavily impacted by the BP oil spill, but suffering because worried vacationers are staying away. The White House on Thursday confirmed the trip but held off on where they are going. Both President Obama and First Lady Michelle have traveled separately to areas of the Gulf Coast not spoiled by the oil spill to help drum up tourism. The First Couple attracted criticism for telling people to vacation on the Gulf Coast when they headed to Acadia National Park on Maine's coast last ...
First Family Enjoys Tennis, Sights on Maine Coast
By not in system - AOL NewsBAR HARBOR, Maine (July 17) -- President Barack Obama and the first family played tennis and took in the sights around a Maine resort Saturday even as he contemplated a new struggle over jobless benefits with his GOP foes. After a first vacation day packed with biking, boating and a visit to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, Saturday's program was more laid-back. The Obamas went to the Bar Harbor Club to play tennis and "hang out" at the pool, spokesman Bill Burton said. Then they motorcaded across Mount Desert Island to a hotel overlooking Southwest Harbor. Lunch was served against a ...
Obama Family Goes Home to Chicago for Memorial Day
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(May 31) -- The first family celebrated Memorial Day with a trip to their hometown of Chicago, sleeping in their pre-White House red-brick home for the first time in more than a year. President Barack Obama is expected back in Washington today, after honoring the nation's war dead with a speech before thousands at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., south of Chicago. Obama spent the weekend with family and friends, joining first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, at their Hyde Park home. The first family arrived Thursday, along with Michelle's mother, ...
On Oprah Winfrey Christmas Show, Obamas Quibble Over Who Gives Best Gifts
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Of Lassitude and Lobster Rolls: Obama Heads for Vineyard Vacation
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyMARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. -- The weather-beaten, hand-painted sign nailed to a tree on State Road in Vineyard Haven is about the last tangible memento on this island harking back to Bill Clinton's time of troubles. For me, it remains a living symbol of the Monica-mad summer of 1998. The lettering on the lobster-trap-sized placard is faded, but the defiant take-that-Ken-Starr message remains unequivocal: "HOORAH FOR BILL." ...
Obama Sisters School Lunch Poster Will Stay Up
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThose posters in Washington's Union Station that refer to the Obama daughters and urge Congress to get behind healthy school lunches are staying up, despite calls from White House lawyers to take them down. That's what I was told by the president of the group that put them there, Neal Barnard, who runs the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used the poster campaign to reissue a call to the media to protect the privacy of the Obama daughters, Malia and Sasha. "Without getting into the specifics, we've been very clear, I think, from even ...
First Family Heading to Yellowstone, Grand Canyon
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe First Family is taking a vacation before their vacation. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday the president, First Lady Michelle and the kids are heading west on Aug. 14 for a long weekend to visit Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National parks. Just days later, the First Family travels to Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. Mrs. Obama and her daughters have already made two overseas trips this summer. Gibbs talked about the westward swing - intended to highlight the national parks - at his briefing, where he offered up Obama's week ahead. On Sunday the ...
The Obamas, Living Out Loud
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIs there anyone in America who doesn't know Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House? A Google search for the words "Michelle Obama garden" yields nearly 1.2 million hits. ...
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