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It marks the second time the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir has sung by invitation for a U.S. president. It is also the second time the choir was invited to provide music before a crowd of more than 6,000 at the presentation of the Global Nonviolence Award by the Mahatma Gandhi Center at James Madison University….
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Has the controversy over Bob McDonnell’s 1989 graduate-school thesis had an impact on the Virginia governor’s race? A new poll suggests that it has, and that it has the potential to do more damage as more voters start to pay attention to the upcoming state elections. Fifty-two percent of the 600 registered voters surveyed by…
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Remarks from President Obama at fundraising reception for Sen. Arlen Specter THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody. Please, have a seat. Thank you. It was, first of all, wonderful to meet all of you as we were taking pictures. And I want to say that I am so pleased to be here not only…
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Casting is complete, and rehearsals have begun for Dracula, or How’s Your Blood Count? presented by Theater at Lime Kiln on Sept. 24-26. Long time Lime Kiln actor Tom Conway, who recently appeared in the return weekend of Stonewall Country, directs. Conway, a professional actor and director from Chattanooga, Tenn., says this will be the…
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Monday, Sept. 14 Remarks by President Obama on financial rescue, reform THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. It is wonderful to be back in New York after having just been here last week. It is a beautiful day and we have some extraordinary guests here in the Hall today. I just want to mention a…
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Interesting piece in the Washington Post from the weekend containing more of the gnashing of the teeth from the summer from the NoVans about the apparent rudderless nature of the Creigh Deeds campaign. Among the observations in the piece, filed by reporter Roz Helderman, but which otherwise read as a feature column: Deeds is not…
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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…
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Last week, I had the privilege of joining in a day of national service to commemorate the lives lost on September 11, 2001. With the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act earlier this year, the anniversary of September 11 is to be recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. I…
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Kevin Blackburn Photography were awarded a contract to provide services to Landmark Aviation at their newly renovated Washington Dulles (IAD) Terminal. The Waynesboro-based studio will be photographing the new architectural features and client areas of the new terminal. It will also be covering the open house event for the evening that is being hosted by…
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell had a moment reminiscent of former U.S. Sen. George Allen’s famous Macaca moment on live radio in Washington, D.C., on Friday, blurting out the f-word during an exchange with WTOP politics analyst Mark Plotkin. The Friday-morning interview, for WTOP’s “The Politics Program with Mark Plotkin,” hit on a wide range…
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