President Obama remarks on the economy
Speech by President Barack Obama
www.whitehouse.gov
I’ve just finished a candid and productive meeting with the CEOs of 12 of our nation’s largest financial institutions. I asked them to come to Washington today – at the end of this difficult year for their industry, but also for the economy – to discuss where we’ve been, what we expect of them going forward, and how we can work together to accelerate economic recovery.
Our nation’s banks play, and have always played, a crucial role in our national economy – from providing loans for homes and cars and colleges; to supplying the capital that allows entrepreneurs to turn ideas into products and businesses to grow; to helping people save for a rainy day and a secure retirement. So it’s clear that each of us has a stake in ensuring the strength and the vitality of the financial system. Read more
Obama: Statement on jobs
Staff Report
White House news: www.whitehouse.gov
I have just concluded an informative and constructive discussion with Republican and Democratic leaders about job creation and our economic future. We spoke about the challenges facing our families, our businesses, and our country as a whole, and what we can do to overcome them. Today’s meeting built on some of the ideas that I offered in the economic speech that I gave yesterday and on some of the ideas discussed at the Job Forum that we held at the White House last week. Read more
The Rant | Party crash this
Video Essay by Chris Graham
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What about those White House party crashers? We haven’t had something this salacious to talk about since, well, the balloon boy.
With unemployment at 10 percent, with the health-care system in bad need of reform, with wars in Afghanistan and Iraq seemingly at no end, does it really matter that two socialites talked their way into the White House?
Chris Graham muses in today’s Rant.
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Dinner with the First Family
Story by Chris Graham
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Mike Lund found himself a few feet away from the First Couple at the November state dinner held at the White House in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur.
President Barack Obama broke away from small talk with First Lady Michelle Obama to talk with the people in charge of preparing the dinner, and Lund, the executive chef at Zynodoa in Downtown Staunton, had to take the lead after a fellow chef had trouble finding words. Read more
Thanksgiving wish from the president
President Barack Obama
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.
American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.
Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve. Read more
Staunton chef helps prepare Obama state dinner
Staff Report
Local executive chef Mike Lund was asked last week to help prepare the first state dinner for President Barack Obama, held last night in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur.
“The meal has been in the works for some time, but I found out that I was being considered only within the last 10 days,” said Lund, the executive chef at Zynodoa in Staunton, who spent Monday and Tuesday at the White House to assist in the preparations for the meal. Read more
Worse than last year, but …
Posted by afp on December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Column by David Reynolds
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Budgeting is not baseball. No one waits until next year. No one wants to see how bad the numbers will become if you add 12 months. Read more
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