DNC Convention Highlights: Dr. Jill Biden

Text of her speech, here.

Obama kicks the banking industry out of the student loan business (Video)

The banking industry is one of the most irresponsible industries out here right now, they NEVER should have gotten into the student loan game. Their interest rates on many students were and are outrageous, they were allowed to take over this industry totally, under the Bush Administration. That will be NO MORE. It has become those who have money, rich, wealthy are the ones who are allowed access to higher education. The middle class in this country have been constantly squeezed out. Now, if we can do something about college tuition and its continuing to escalate in cost, that would be mighty helpful to many families out here. Read more here on the student loan, pell grant program.


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President Obama lights the National Christmas Tree (Video)

The President, joined by the First Family and Vice President and Dr. Biden, hosts the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse. December 3, 2009.



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President Obama's Veteran's Day Message (Video)

President Barack Obama (R), First Lady Michelle Obama (L), Vice President Joe Biden (C) and his wife Dr. Jill Biden (2nd-R) participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns to mark Veterans Day on November 11, 2009 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.



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Flotus, Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden at Game 1 of the World Series (pictures)

New York Yankees legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra (C) is escourted onto the field by First lady Michelle Obama (L) and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, prior to Game One of the 2009 MLB World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium on October 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.





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FLOTUS, Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden at first game of World Series tonight

Ah, now it is the ladies turn....

Mrs. Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden -- in their second joint appearance in a week (on Friday they discussed breast cancer awareness at a White House event) are traveling to New York for the game as part of their focus on military families. A public service announcement the two women made earlier this year about veterans will be shown at the game. The network broadcasting the World Series, by the way, is Fox, but the enmity the White House is showing Fox News evidently does not extend to Fox Sports.
Major League Baseball is dedicating the first four games to a series of civic-minded causes that could have come out of Mrs. Obama's playbook.

Game One is dedicated to returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan and the first pitch will be thrown by a military vet. The theme for Game Two is community service. Game Three, cancer awareness. Game Four, encouraging sports for inner-city kids. All of these are issues in Mrs. Obama's portfolio.

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Jill Biden on the Today Show (Video)

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Cinco de Mayo at the White House!!! (Pictures and Video)

FLOTUS lookin' mighty festive......









And FLOTUS w/the kids for Cinco de Mayo in DC



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This Week With Barack Obama, March 3-8, 2009: Salute to Ted Kennedy and the weekly slideshow

Musical tribute to celebrate Kennedy's birthday at the Kennedy Center in Washington, March 8, 2009









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The Obamas Wined and Dined Congressional Leaders at White House (Pictures)

President Barack Obama said he wants Democrats and Republicans to realize they share many interests, an appeal for cooperation as congressional leaders sat down together to dine Wednesday evening at the White House.

Obama welcomed the Democratic chairmen of congressional committees and the ranking Republicans on those committees, along with their spouses, to a packed East Room for dinner. About 200 people joined Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and their wives for the latest efffort in the administration's charm offensive, coming in the midst of congressional consideration of a $410 billion spending bill and future debate over Obama's $3.6 trillion budget proposal for the next year.

Obama, whose economic stimulus plan passed with only three Republican votes in the Senate, acknowledged it was not going to be an easy road.

"We are go to have some monumental debates taking place over the next several months and years," Obama said during his brief welcome.

"We also know that we're not always going to agree on everything, but given how hard so many of you are working on both sides of the aisle — day in, day out — we thought it was important for us to step back for a moment, remind ourselves that we have things in common — family, friends, laughter — and hopefully we'll have a chance to appreciate each other a little bit, take a time-out before we dive back into the game."

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FLOTUS outfit info, here

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President Barack Obama Hosts "Stevie Wonder in Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize" (Pictures)

Full Detailed Information of this event at the White House here.












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