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Translation: For all the ladies…..Happy Saint Valentines Day.
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Now I’ll just bet, when you clicked on this title, you imagined a post about some insightful article based on what we as a nation can expect in Twenty Thirteen.
Gotcha!!!
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Standing Sentry at the White House
When President Obama sits in the Oval Office, a Marine sentry stands watch at the entrance to the White House. In this from-the-archives video, we give you an inside look at their every day work — and when Christmas trees fall over, it’s even harder than you think.
When I first started work at the White House last January, there were countless reminders that I was in a whole new world. Whether the oversized hallways and doors of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building or your boss coming and going in a massive helicopter in his backyard, this was unlike any workplace I’d ever seen.
One of those fixtures that always reinforces the honor of this place is the lone Marine standing outside the West Wing. I would come to learn that there are actually four Marines who rotate in half hour shifts, standing sentry whenever the President is in the West Wing. Learn more about these Marines — and the source of their ambivalence towards Christmas trees — in the latest “Inside the White House” video.
Watch this inside look at the White House Marine sentries.
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Year in Review: The Best of the White House Blog
It was a busy year for President Obama and his Administration, and a look at some of the most viewed blog posts from whitehouse.gov throughout the year provides a quick snapshot of 2012 at the White House.
Today’s Schedule
3:00 AM: President Obama Departs Hawaii en route the White House.
Local Event Time: 10:00 PM HST
11:30 AM: The President arrives Joint Base Andrews from Hawaii.
11:45 AM: The President arrives the White House.
By Colleen Curtis December 27, 2012 The White House Blog
It was a busy year for President Obama and his Administration, and a look at some of the most viewed blog posts from whitehouse.gov throughout the year provides a quick snapshot of 2012 at the White House.
January: Early in the year, Congress was evaluating two legislative approaches to combat online piracy, and petitions submitted to the White House’s petition platform, We the People,about Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), and the Online Protection and Digital Enforcement Act (OPEN) crossed the threshold for a response from the White House. A post explaining the Administration’s desire for legislation that protects intellectual property online but does not threaten an open and innovative internet was widely viewed and shared by our readers.
February: On February 7, more than 100 students from over 45 states brought their robots, research and new inventions to Washington for the second-ever White House Science Fair. The honorees met with Senior Administration officials, educators, and leading advocates for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math training, and some got the chance to show their projects to the President. A post and video recapping the day was a highlight that month.
Uploaded on Feb 7, 2012
The President meets an 8th grader named Joey from Phoenix, AZ at the White House Science Fair and the two launch a marshmallow across the State Dining Room of the White House with Joey’s science project – an air cannon.
March: Since taking office, the President and First Lady have made it their mission to open up the White House to as many people as possible and the annual Easter Egg Roll is the day that sees more Americans coming to visit than any other. This year more than 35,000 tickets were issued via the public lottery, and the blog post announcing how people could enter was the most viewed post in March.
April: Like all Americans, the Obama’s and the Biden’s have to file their tax returns by April 14. That month, the post releasing the 2011 returns was widely viewed, and so was the taxpayer receipt, a tool that allows all Americans to see exactly where their own 2011 tax dollars were spent.
May: 2012 marks the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, and on Memorial Day, President Obama led a ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that paid tribute to the sacrifice and service of the more than 3 million men and women who bravely served in that war. That event was the first in a 13-year program that will honor and give thanks to a generation who saw our country through one of the most challenging missions this country has faced. That post — and a post highlighting the President’s surprise trip to Afghanistan,where he discussed the progress being made on ending the war in that country — were the most viewed in May.
June: On June 6, the Supreme Court released its decision upholding the Affordable Care Act. A blog post explaining what this decision meant for hard-working, middle-class American families and detailing the benefits provided under the law received a lot of interest that month.
July: There was a real chance that Congress would refuse to act, and as a result allow interest rates to double on federal student loans. Americans across the country raised their voices, and on July 6, President Obama signed legislation that will keep 7.4 million students from paying hundreds of extra dollars. A post explaining how public participation — on Facebook, on Twitter, and on whitehouse.gov — helped change the outcome was one of the summer’s most popular.
August: President Obama believes that we have a moral, sacred duty to our men and women in uniform, and on August 6, he signed the “Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012″ into law. This legislation was designed to improve healthcare for veterans and help homeless veterans.
September: The First and Second Families joined all Americans in cheering Team USA on their numerous victories in London over the summer. And President Obama, Vice President Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama were on hand to welcome the athletes to the White House for an event that celebrated their collective success. A blog post and video featuring behind the scenes moments from Team USA’s visit was a big hit in September.
Sports wasn’t the only popular topic in September. Ale to the Chief was posted in response to a petition on We the People asking the White House to release the recipe for the Honey Brown Ale that is brewed here at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., a project that started after President Obama purchased a home brewing kit for the kitchen.
October: At the end of the month, a serious, potentially fatal storm was bearing down on the East Coast. Prior to Sandy making landfall, President Obama visited FEMA for an update on preparations for the Federal response, and the post that detailed the plans being made by the government for response, and suggested preparations for those likely to be impacted, was among the most viewed in October.
November: Taxes are set to go up on more than 140 million American families at the end of 2012. On November 9, with 53 days left to solve the crisis, President Obama laid out his strategy for finding the right approach to move the country forward. The blog post explaining his plan was widely viewed, and since then more than 130,000 people have submitted stories on wh.gov to explain how a tax hike in excess of $2,000 would impact their family. More than 320,000 people have used the hashtag #My2K to talk about this on Twitter.
December: Speaking not only as President but as a father, President Obama was in the Brady Press Briefing Room on December 14 to express his “overwhelming grief” at the news that a gunman had opened fire at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. In a video featured in December’s most viewed post, he called on all Americans to be at their best to support the Newtown community and pledged to do everything in his power as President to help.
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By Jueseppi B.
Generosity: Gracie McNulty, pictured, served Christmas dinner to 50 homeless people, helped by her mother and three siblings
By CHRIS BROOKE of The Daily Mail Online.com UK
After ten-year-old Gracie McNulty’s father died in an accident, she wasn’t sure how to cope with her first Christmas without him. So she decided to abandon the usual family festivities – and make her father’s last Christmas wish come true instead.
With the help of her mother and three siblings, Gracie served turkey with all the trimmings to 50 homeless people yesterday.
Her father Craig, 38, was a regular charity volunteer who had served breakfast to the homeless on Boxing Day in the past, and he had promised to open the family’s cafe on Christmas Day this year. But Mr McNulty, a roofer, suffered serious head injuries when he fell while working. He was taken to hospital by air ambulance but died soon after the accident in August.
Gracie’s mother Sharon McNulty, 46, who runs the Grilled and Filtered cafe in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, said: ‘After he died Gracie said to me “I don’t want to have Christmas at home this year, I want to do what daddy wanted and open the cafe on Christmas Day. ‘It wouldn’t feel right to celebrate so we’re serving Christmas dinner to people who don’t have a home to go to.’ She added: ‘We’re all thinking of Craig. It’s all in his honour and he would be so happy with what we are doing.
Brace: Gracie’s father Craig had promised to open the family’s cafe to the homeless on Christmas day but died after falling from a roof. His daughter wanted to open the cafe to fulfill his wishes.
All smiles: The McNulty family with some of the homeless who were fed turkey dinners at the Grilled and Filtered cafe in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Helping out: Gracie was joined by her mother Sharon and three siblings: Kirstie, 19, Thomas, 21, and James, 26.
Fed and watered: Gracie described it as ‘the best Christmas ever’ and said she wanted to do something to make her late father proud.
Cafe: Grilled and Filtered in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire is run by Gracie’s mother Sharon McNulty.
The family gave tickets for the Christmas dinner to local charities who help the homeless, and their community donated money to fund the event. Gracie was joined by her mother and three siblings – Kirstie, 19, Thomas, 21, and James, 26 – to serve up turkey dinners for three hours between 11.30 am and 2.30 pm. Gracie said: ‘It’s been the best Christmas ever. I was just at school feeling sad about my dad so decided I wanted to do something to make him proud and this felt like the perfect thing. People have been coming in calling me “super Grace.” I haven’t asked my mum yet but I want to do this every year.’
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By Jueseppi B.
By Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire – 1 hr 26 mins ago
Obama Cancels Vacation to Resume Fiscal Cliff Negotiations With Congressional Leadership.
“After a nice long holiday weekend, President Obama and members of Congress suddenly rememberedthat they never took care of that fiscal cliff thing that happens in just six days. The President will end his holiday vacation early, leaving his family behind in Hawaii and heading to Washington on Wednesday night in order to resume work on budget negotiations.
Congress will also return to work on Thursday, giving the two sides just five days (including two weekend days and New Year’s Eve) to strike a deal before taxes go up on everyone in America—among other economic disasters.
Heading home early is as much about the appearance as it is about any actual progress. Americans might have overlooked a little golf and family time during the Christmas holiday, but it’s not a good look to be hanging out on a Hawaiian beach when everyone’s financial future is on the line. According to reports, the President and House Speaker John Boehner have not spoken directly for days and there has been almost no movement since Boehner’s aborted “Plan B” vote last week. There are plenty of predictions about how the next few days will pan out, but it does appear that there will at least be one last ditch effort to salvage a solution (even a temporary one) before January 1.”
My question for the writer of this piece is why should The President be denied his Christmas vacation when Congress, including John Boehner, left Washington days before The President?
Should The President have stayed in D.C. twiddling his thumbs while Congress enjoyed their Christmas vacations?
ELSPETH REEVE DEC 21, 2012 The Atlantic Wire
After the markets had closed and elected Washington had headed home for the holidays, President Obama took to the White House podium early Friday evening and suggested Congress cool off over Christmas — “drink some eggnog, eat some Christmas cookies” — and then return to work and solve the fiscal cliff before it hits January 1. Obama said he’d talked to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and suggested they’d be pursuing a a less ambitious plan than a grand bargain.
Speaking a day after Boehner was unable to get enough Republican votes to prevent a tax increase on income under $1 million — the Speaker said at his own brief press conference that some lawmakers “were dealing with the perception that some might accuse them of raising taxes” — Obama seemed to suggest House Republicans should lower their expectations. “I met them halfway on taxes, and I met them more than halfway on spending,” Obama said. “With their votes, the American people have determined governing is a shared responsibility between parties. That means nobody gets 100 percent of what they want.”
As he closed his statement at about 5:40 p.m. on the Friday before Christmas, Obama said, “Merry Christmas… and because we didn’t get this done, I will see you next week.”
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