Inside the president’s home theater
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“I’m not going to comb over that.”
Unusual objects prompt lock down of White House
DEVELOPING: “Smoking objects” found nearby have prompted the lock down of the White House, an agent has told POLITICO. [POLITICO]
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were not at the White House at the time of the security incident.
UPDATE 9:38 ET: WRC, the NBC affiliate in Washington, reports the object may have been a smoke bomb. One thousand protesters are gathered nearby, but it’s unclear if the security scare is related. [WRC]
The difference between Jack Lew and Bill Daley
In Congress, Lew’s stock is unusually high. He has emerged as one of the members of the Obama administration Republicans prefer working with. Earlier this year, Ben Smith, then at Politico, profiled Lew under the headline: “Lew: A liberal GOP says it trusts.” The piece included an admiring comment from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
Daley, by contrast, has struggled to win over both White House staff and Congress. The initial hope was that he would help win business and Republican support for the White House’s initiatives. Neither hope panned out. Relations between Republicans and the White House are at a low ebb. But under Daley’s leadership, relations between the White House and Hill Democrats also grew frayed. And few in the White House found him an inspiring leader or were impressed with the results of the strategy he helped craft through 2011.
Betty Ford scares up the President’s chair-
Here’s a glimpse of White House Halloween antics from 1974. Betty Ford and her personal assistant, Nancy Howe, dress a skeleton in President Ford’s study.
-from the Ford Library
The White House goes chic for Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.
WASHINGTON (KABC) — The Secret Service apprehended a man who climbed over the White House fence Tuesday evening. A service spokesman said the man, who was not immediately identified, was taken into custody just steps from the gate by agents who guard the White House complex around the clock.
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“The president feels, we feel at the White House, this is a distraction, as Congressman Weiner has said himself, his behavior was inappropriate, dishonesty was inappropriate.”
“Politics is politics and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I respect that. The one thing that shouldn’t be questioned is my support for the police officers and troops that protect us every day. Peace yall!”
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The Obamas have opened up the White House theater and the elegant State Floor rooms to host a string of viewing parties in recent months. They have invited guests over to take in the Super Bowl last month, new movies (FLOTUS screened Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” for about 50 guests in November) and random sporting events such as last week’s Chicago Bulls-Charlotte Bobcats game. (via Obama’s new schmooze - AMIE PARNES | POLITICO CLICK)
Christmas Comes to the White House
View from the Grand Foyer
The tree stands in the Blue Room, and the large stone urns are filled with birch, beech and crystal branches.
Working Towards Middle East Peace
President Barack Obama walks with, from left, President Hosni Mubarek of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, through the Cross Hall of the White House, Sept. 1, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
