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Holidays at Obama’s White House

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Let’s go inside the White House and celebrate the Holidays with President Barack Obama and family. Their theme for this 2011 holiday season is “Shine, Give, Share,” which offers an opportunity to pay tribute to our troops, veterans, and their families throughout the White House. This year, the official tour features 37 Christmas trees, 30 are natural trees and 7 are made from paper, felt or aluminum; a gingerbread model of the White House made of 400 pounds of gingerbread, white chocolate and marzipan plus 5 different representations of First Dog Bo Obama. Volunteers from 36 states plus the District of Columbia worked for days to get the White House ready for the Holidays.


“Decorative Arts from the White House” at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery

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Armchairs picked out by Jacqueline Kennedy and silverware used by Ronald Reagan will go on display Saturday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery in an exhibition of decorative objects from the White House. “Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House” is running from Oct. 1, 2011 to May 6, 2012.

“The idea was to be able to show some of the many treasures we have in the White House collection that don’t normally get to be seen,” said Melissa Naulin, assistant curator of the White House. “The idea was to be able to show some of the many treasures we have in the White House collection that don’t normally get to be seen.”

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC

White House and Steve Case to Launch Startup America Partnership

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Today, as part of President Obama’s national strategy to stimulate economic growth and the creation of quality jobs, the White House announced the launch of the Startup America Partnership. Chaired by Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, CEO of Revolution LLC and chairman of the Case Foundation, the Partnership will receive launch funding from the Ewing [...]

White House Reporter Helen Thomas Calls It Quits

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Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas has retired following remarks regarding Israel that many considered anti-Semitic. She said that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go home to Poland, Germany and America and everywhere else.” Thomas, 89, had covered every president since Dwight Eisenhower. She was known for posing questions in [...]

Paul McCartney to be feted with Gershwin Prize at White House

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Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Jack White, Jerry Seinfeld, the Jonas Brothers and others will pay tribute to Paul McCartney at the White House on June 2 when the ex-Beatle is feted as the latest recipient of the Library of Congress George Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The performance will be hosted by President [...]

The White House/Pharma Deal Didn’t Get Us Health Care, but It Did Help White House Advisers [Conflicts Of Interest]

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The White House was responsible for the initial marketing of the health care reform effort—and they botched it. Despite the pharmaceutical industry funding an ad campaign produced by a firm with ties to David Axelrod and David Plouffe! More »