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• Weekly Address: The President Talks About How to Build a Rising, Thriving Middle Class May 18, 2013
  President Obama talks about his belief that a rising, thriving middle class is the true engine of economic growth, and that to reignite that engine and continue to build on the progress we’ve made over the last four years, we need to invest in three areas: jobs, skills and opportunity.  Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3
  Megan Slack
• Weekly Wrap Up: “What Our Families Deserve” May 17, 2013
  Watch the West Wing Week here. Obama Cares: On the Friday before Mother’s Day, President Obama explained how the Affordable Care Act is helping women. For example, the law prevents insurance companies from charging women more than men and requires insurance companies to cover preventive services like mammograms free of charge. Thanks to the women in this roo […]
  Christopher Sponn
• A Stronger and Sustainable Military for the 21st Century May 17, 2013
  As the single largest consumer of energy in the United States, the Department of Defense (DOD) knows that improving efficiency and harnessing new energy technologies is imperative – not only to achieve significant cost savings, but to give our troops better energy options on the battlefield, at sea, in the air, and at home. At DOD’s fixed installations alone […]
  csponn
• Coming Together to Stop Slavery May 17, 2013
  Today at the White House, we convened the 10th annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Secretary of State Kerry led the meeting, which was attended by Cabinet secretaries and representatives from agencies including State, Justice, Defense, Labor, Human and Health Services, Homeland Security, Inte […]
  Valerie Jarrett
• President Obama Nominates Four Distinguished Women to Serve as Federal Judges May 17, 2013
  Yesterday, President Obama demonstrated his continued commitment to increasing the diversity of our federal judiciary, so that it better reflects the nation it serves. He nominated four distinguished women to serve on four different courts—women who not only have the necessary intellect, integrity and fair-mindedness to serve as federal judges, but whose nom […]
  Chris Kang
• President Obama Talks Early Childhood Education, Infrastructure and Strong Communities in Baltimore May 17, 2013
  Ed. note: Watch the video below to learn more about what the President is doing in Baltimore, and check back on this post for updates from the trip – we’ll post them all here together. Today, President Obama is headed to Baltimore, Maryland to talk early childhood education, infrastructure and ensuring hard work leads to a decent living. The President’s firs […]
  Megan Slack
• Being Biden Vol. 7: Gems of Wisdom May 17, 2013
  A class of third graders from North Philadelphia recently wrote to Vice President Biden about reducing gun violence. This week, the Vice President sat down to share some of these children's words with you — and an expression that belonged to his mom: "out of the mouths of babes come gems of wisdom." Take a listen. Visit WhiteHouse.gov/BeingBid […]
  Kori Schulman
• Building a 21st Century Infrastructure: Better Outcomes, Faster Timelines, and Less Red Tape May 17, 2013
  President Obama today signed a Presidential Memorandum that will shave months, and even years, off the time it takes to review and approve major infrastructure projects. This means that states, local governments, and private developers will be able to start construction sooner, create jobs earlier, and fix our nation’s infrastructure faster. On March 22, 201 […]
  Secretary Ray LaHood and Sylvia Burwell
• West Wing Week: 05/17/13 or “We the Geeks” May 17, 2013
  This week, the President honored fallen officers and top cops, spoke on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, invited both the Prime Minister of England and of Turkey to the White House, and kicked off a new Google hangout series on science and technology. 
  Adam Garber
• David Simas: "A gesture that means something" May 16, 2013
  This afternoon, David Simas sent the message below to the White House email list, asking people to speak out in favor of the health care law. If you didn't get the email, be sure to sign up. Hi all -- Today, Republicans in the House of Representatives are going to come together, cast a vote, and try to repeal the Affordable Care Act just as they've […]
  Matt Compton