State of the Union: A Virginia perspective

Chris Graham

  Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything you wanted to know about the State of the Union, but were afraid to ask. We have the full texts and videos of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Republican response. We also have reactions from Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, congressmen…

Cuccinelli names AG leadership team

Chris Graham

Former aide to Del. Lohr among those tapped Staff Report News Tips: [email protected] Attorney General-elect Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II announced his leadership team for the Office of the Attorney General today. In making his appointments, Cuccinelli commented “I, and the citizens of the Commonwealth, are fortunate to have such a talented group of people who…

Keenan nominated to Fourth Circuit slot

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U.S. Sen. Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today applauded President Obama’s nomination of Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Keenan to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Recommended by Sens. Webb and Warner on June 2, 2009, Keenan would be the first female judge from Virginia to…

Text, video of Obama’s Stay in School address

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THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten…

News from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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Monday, Sept. 7 Remarks by President Obama at AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Cincinnati! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, Ohio! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, labor! (Applause.) All-righty. It is good to be back in Cincinnati. (Applause.) It’s good to be back in Ohio. (Applause.) It’s good to be back among great friends,…

News from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 – Remarks by the president on the economy in the Rose Garden – Statement by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the visit of Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada to the White House – President nominates three more U.S. attorneys – Press briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs 

News from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Chris Graham

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 – Statement by President Barack Obama on Senate passage of Cash for Clunkers extension – Remarks by President Obama on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor – Remarks by the president regarding John Roos, Ambassador-designate to Japan – Press briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

News from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Chris Graham

Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 – Press Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs – Remarks by President Obama and Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah before Oval Office meeting – Remarks by President Obama at George Mason University on the Post-9/11 GI Bill – Statement by the press secretary on the visit of President Mubarak of Egypt to the…